It's almost like I'm picking on this version or something. I get to see all the problem *after* I distribute to 12 sites with 500 printers. Anyway. A...
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papowell@...
May 1, 1998 10:40 pm
... Description of a really whacky problem... ... You can use fNU order by applying this patch. Tell me if it works. ... *************** *** 783,790 **** i =...
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papowell@...
May 1, 1998 10:40 pm
I spoke with Don on the phone, did a patch, and this fixes it. Here is the patch if you are interested; ... *************** *** 783,790 **** i =...
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Markus Fleck
fleck@...
May 1, 1998 11:42 pm
... Which is? I mean, without maintaining PGP keys for each user, let alone having private PGP keys on NFS[1]-exported filesystems? We don't use Kerberos, so...
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Tim Mooney
mooney@...
May 2, 1998 10:58 am
I hate to do this to you, Patrick, but I know of at least two remaining problems in 3.4.11... Sorry! Problem #1: I reported a problem with having...
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Ivan Popov
pin@...
May 4, 1998 9:11 pm
... Well, it may be of interest for people that are living dangerously - a SUID authentication module for LPRng. Nothing complicated, just one more connection...
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Branson Matheson
Branson.Matheson@...
May 4, 1998 11:06 pm
... Ok ... we have a single HPUX10.20 machine running LPRng-3.4.9. The machine is a 2 cpu box with 2 gigs of memory and LOTS of disk space. here are some...
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Honza Pazdziora
adelton@...
May 5, 1998 7:21 pm
... So the answer is what? I _do_ know that you can use other ways for authentication. But it really doesn't make sense for us, because we trust the remote...
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Markus Fleck
fleck@...
May 5, 1998 9:41 pm
... When I first installed LPRng, I installed it non-SUID. I was kind of disappointed when I learned that I had to reinstall it SUID, because non-SUID...
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Peter Straffon
p.straffon@...
May 6, 1998 8:48 am
(OK, I am sure someone will point out this is in the manual :-) LPRng appears to leave print files in /tmp. I have checkpc setup to purge old files but it...
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Andrea Marchetti
A.Marchetti@...
May 6, 1998 5:38 pm
Hello I have some problems with LPRng software. When I try to print large documents to an Apple laser writer (I have two Apple LW: a LW 12/640 and a new...
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Luc Girardin
Luc.Girardin@...
May 6, 1998 7:32 pm
Hi! ... I had similar problems with the LaserWriters 12/640 and 12/600. Basically, all my problems disappeared when I installed the LPRng server on a Solaris ...
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ae@...
May 8, 1998 12:30 am
I'm failing to pass more than a -w and a -l option to /bin/pr; what I crave is a -h, to get a more exact simulation of sunos behaviour. How about Yet Another...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 2:19 am
... Security through obscurity is not security. Besides, you can use the LPRng/UTILS/cheaplpr.pl Perl Script... and you don't need to compile. ... I think it...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 2:19 am
This subject comes up regularily. 1. The only reliable method of doing authentication is to use some form of application level (i.e. - crypto based) method. ...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 2:19 am
... Solution: Try the following patch - ... *************** *** 73,80 **** /* now we try getting the printcap entry */ Queue_name = spn = safestrdup( Printer...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 2:19 am
You could try getting some more debugging information. In the printcap, put: lp:... ... This will log detailed status information to the log file in the spool...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 2:19 am
Well, actually you can configure it to put temp files anywhere. Just out of curiousity, what component (LPD, lpr) is leaving the files there. It is dangerous...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 4:08 am
... Ummmm... what do you think about: pr=/bin/pr -p $-J Try this in your printcap file or lpd.conf file. ... Yes. I will put it on the TODO list....
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Guy Geens
ggeens@...
May 8, 1998 6:01 am
... Peter> (OK, I am sure someone will point out this is in the manual :-) Peter> LPRng appears to leave print files in /tmp. I have checkpc Peter> setup to...
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Ivan Popov
pin@...
May 8, 1998 12:07 pm
... [skipped stuff that I agree totally with] ... I'd never ever do it :) ... Patrick, would you please comment the idea to make a separate 'drop in' SUID...
Excellent, we are closing in! Could you provide the previous (say) 300 lines in the file, ... (i.e. - more debugging for network transactions) We are going to...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 6:14 pm
Hmmm... Well, I have checked the code and it appears that the clients (LPR, LPQ, etc) will create temp files in the directory specified by the environment...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 6:14 pm
... I have already done such a thing. If you look at the LPRng authentication facilities, you will discover that it operates by executing a filter, which...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 6:24 pm
I am preparing a talk on LPRng, and I suddenly realized that I have not done a user poll for a couple of years. If you are using LPRng, could you please send...
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Scott Nelson
nelson@...
May 8, 1998 7:15 pm
Contact Name: "Scott D. Nelson" <nelson18@...> Use: company Company: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 7000 East Ave., L-645 Livermore CA 94550 ...
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Fang Chen
fchen@...
May 8, 1998 7:54 pm
Hello: ... But the result is the same, there is no correct page count. In the accnt file, using the first method I go: "jobstart -H'jupiter.ucsd.edu' -n'root'...
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papowell@...
May 8, 1998 7:54 pm
... Yes, of course. I will be updating the LPRng-HOWTO with this information as well. Patrick...
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Douglas Fischer
skeet@...
May 8, 1998 8:43 pm
I've run into a problem trying to get accounting setup on our 5si. I am able to get the initial page count without any problems, and the jobs print fine....
