I have heard of people using LDAP to specify the printer for the person when they log in, although this means one would have to have some sort of topological information stored as well. The LDAP bit would also be used in gaining access to the database.
I wonder if anyone from ProgSoc / UNSW could shed some light on that project? Other than that, your suggestion sounds alright. Cheers, Jill. -- Jill Rowling, Systems Administrator Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 7 June 2002 15:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] Printing to closest printer Afternoon All. Our users use telnet to connect to a server where they run our main ERP application. (This is Progress RDMS running on RedHat 6.2). I am thinking about a perl script that will direct printed output to the printer closest to the users terminal ... ---------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ---------------------- This email is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify us by return e-mail or telephone Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited on +61 2 9413 6300. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
