BUG! BUG! Fix is in progress. Patrick Powell
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 8 08:46:18 2004 > Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:11:24 +0000 > From: Derek Wanless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: changing host name > > Derek Wanless wrote: > > I have a Samba server which users LPRng 3.8.19 as released with Redhat > > 9. The server does not do any actual printing but forwards the print > > jobs to one of 2 print servers depending upon whether the printer to be > > used is accounted or not. My problem is that I need the server that > > deals with accounted printers to know the name/IP address of the PC that > > generated the print job rather than the name of the samba server that > > issued the lpr command i.e. override the value of the 'H' line in the > > control file with the %M samba value. Can this be done and, is so, then > > how? > > > > Thanks to Christof Beyer and Rick Cochran for their help. I agree with > Qiang that it would be useful to have something included in the HOWTO. > > I ran into the following problems/features. > > 1) The following is my printcap entry as reported by lpc:- > > lpc printcap isstaff1 > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > isstaff1 > :control_filter=/usr/local/sbin/cfilter > :lf=/var/spool/printers/%P/log > :rm=praccserv.kis.keele.ac.uk > :rp=%P > :sd=/var/spool/printers/%P > > The jobs are spooled locally and then forwarded to praccserv. I found > that the control filter was actually run twice; the first time when the > job was spooled locally and again when the job was transferred to > praccserv. I got around this but had expected LPRng to be clever enough > to realise that one would only want to filter the job file once! > > 2) LPRng does not handle the job class correctly. Once lpr has made an > initial decision as to the class of a job (either by default or from the > -C parameter on the lpr command) it ignores whatever value may be set in > the control file. (I think it uses the third character of the control > file name). This behaviour persists even if the job is transferred to > another spooler running LPRng. If the job is transferred to a system > running a different implementation of lpd (eg a lpd emulator on a > printer) the class is correctly taken from the contents of the control > file. For example, my samba server (wins3.kis.keele.ac.uk) would execute > the print command something like > > lpr -Pisstaff1 -Cderek.isc.keele.ac.uk -r smbprn.003713.QtExO > > The job was appeared on the queue as > > lpq -Pisstaff1 > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Queue: 1 printable job > Server: no server active > Status: isstaff1: Check_for_missing files: SUCCESS > 'cfD379derek.isc.keele.ac.uk' at 14:21:41.145 > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D 379 smbprn.003713.QtExOK 61491 > 14:21:41 > done [EMAIL PROTECTED] D 616 smbprn.003709.H0njIT 61491 > 14:08:23 > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (originally isstaff1) (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 'IS staff printer' (printing disabled) (bounce to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Status: server finished at 14:10:59 > JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port > > Note that the control file name starts cfD and its contents were > > cat cfD379derek.isc.keele.ac.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CA > D2004-01-08-14:21:41.095 > Hderek.isc.keele.ac.uk > Jsmbprn.003713.QtExOK > Lcca15 > Pcca15 > Qisstaff1 > Nsmbprn.003713.QtExOK > fdfA379derek.isc.keele.ac.uk > UdfA379derek.isc.keele.ac.uk > > Also note that my filter only modified the class and host (C and H) > lines. Strangely enough the f and U lines have been remade by lprng but > not the A line. You will note that the class is set to A but lpq has > reported it as D (the capitalised first letter of the -C parameter on > the lpr command. > > After being transferred to the print server (which is a bsdi machine > running LPRng version 3.5.3) the spool file has the same name and > contents and lpq still reports the class incorrectly. > > lpq -Pisstaff1 > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (dest [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 'IS staff printer' > (printing disabled) (bounce to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Queue: 2 printable jobs > Server: no server active > Status: server finished at 14:10:59 > Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time > 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] J 497 smbprn.003714.A8BoN 53310 > 14:15:54 > 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] D 379 smbprn.003713.QtExO 61491 > 14:15:58 > JetDirect lpd: no jobs queued on this port > > However, the printer printed as standard HP banner page giving the class > correctly as A. > > -- > Derek > _________________________________________________________________ > Dr. D. Wanless Tel: +44 (0)1782 583071 > Computing Services Fax: +44 (0)1782 584234 > Keele University Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Keele,Staffs. ST5 5BG > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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