Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 11:46:10 +0530 From: "Amarendra Godbole" <amarendra.godbole@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: lpd refuses to print from a machine with a DHCP assigned IP address... Message-ID: <294439d20704052316s65cca52bk71307736766b3e8f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
My FreeBSD box picks up its IP through DHCP. Now I configured a
printer on this machine, using apsfilter. So far so good. Now when I
try to print anything, I see the following error in the lpd-errs file:
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Apr 6 11:00:03 zimbu lpd[1501]: unable to get official name for local
machine zimbu.vxindia.veritas.com: hostname nor servname provided, or
not known
Apr 6 11:00:03 zimbu lpd[1501]: lp: no line printer device or host name
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Now, if I add an entry for zimbu in /etc/hosts (with the currently
assigned IP address), printing works fine. My printcap is:
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# APS1_BEGIN:printer1
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
lp|sym6fp1|PSgs;r=300x300;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=raw:\
:lp=:\
:rm=sym6fp1.vxindia.veritas.com:\
:rp=sym6fp1:\
:if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/sym6fp1:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/sym6fp1/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/sym6fp1/acct:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
# APS1_END - don't delete this
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sym6fp1.vxindia.veritas.com is the printer host (actually the printer
itself, not an host really).
Hence, my question is: Is there some tweak either in printcap, or
somewhere else that will tell lpd that my IP address is DHCP assigned?
Or how do I get printing enabled, without adding such an entry in
/etc/hosts.conf? Any help to fix this issue will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Best,
Amarendra
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