At 15:10 Uhr +1000 06.04.2000, Michael Harlow wrote:
>Putting it simply, I want to set up the host as a print server, with the
>clients on the primary interface, and all the printers on the second
>interface, hidden and inaccessible to the clients.
I don't think that zone hiding is possible with atalkd.
>I have existing zones, controlled by someone else. I can place the primary
>interface (le0) in the appropriate Public zone. I need to create my own
>zone on the second interface (seeding ?) but I obviously dont want to route
>it. I've been given a unique net number (556) from the central authority
>for my private zone.
For the last public (non development) release there's no chance for no-routing.
Tell your people thy have always to use the spooler and not the printers directly.
>So, how do I configure atalkd.conf ? what net numbers and addr values ?
# Format of lines in this file:
#
# interface [ -seed ] [ -phase { 1 | 2 } ] [ -addr net.node ]
# [ -net first[-last] ] [ -zone ZoneName ] ...
So build your own:
le0
le1 -seed -phase 2 -net 556 -addr 556.1 -zone "Printers"
the entry for le0 will be filled-out from atalkd (because there's a router, it will be
filled-out right).
>Can I prevent the private zone from appearing for my clients ?
I don't think so.
>I gather I can control the destination printer for "pap" from the printer
>name given to it. How do I control the zone that "papd" broadcasts my
>printer queues on?
Read the last sentence of this manpage snippet carefully:
> papd is typically started at boot time, out of /etc/rc.
> It first reads from its configuration file,
> /usr/local/etc/papd.conf. The file is in the same format
> as /etc/printcap. See printcap(5) for details. The name
> of the entry is registered with NBP.
Clearer:
> This means that you may specify a full NBP-Name for your
> printer entry which enables you to not only use other NBP-
> Types than LaserWriter but you may specify a Zone in which
> the Spooler should pop up.
A nbp-name is built of
Name:NBP-Type@Zone
My Printer:LaserWriter@Printers
Be careful to escape the : with a \ in papd.conf!
I've explained this in detail a while ago, so have a look at the list archives.
:wq! PoC
