From owner-freebsd-isp Thu May 16 21:59:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA11432 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA11427 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:59:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com ([198.145.92.241]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id VAA08901 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA07676; Thu, 16 May 1996 21:57:03 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199605170457.VAA07676@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: remote printers To: rg@gds.de (Richard Gresek) Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 21:57:03 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605151908.TAA12909@gds.de> from Richard Gresek at "May 15, 96 07:10:03 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have tried to configure printers on our host for remote printig. > > ns.gds.de (194.77.222.14) ist the printer-host > bfp2.bfp.de is the local machine that should use the network-printer > > The printcaps of both of them are appended at the end of this mail. > > Spooling on the local machine works fine but the print job is never > sent to the printer host. I alway get messages like > 'bfp2.bfp.de: waiting for queue to be enabled on ns.gds.de' > or > 'ns.gds.de: lpd: Your host does not have line printer access.' > > Printing and spooling on ns.gds.de works. > > Have I to tell the host which other hosts are allowed to use the > printer? Or what else is wrong here? You need to add: bfp2.bfp.de to /etc/hosts.lpd on host ns.gds.de > Thanks in advance > Richard ... -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD