Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 20:36:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin <adrian@nvl.virginia.edu> To: Ritwik Bhattacharya <ritwik@dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com> Subject: Re: Using lpd to control access to printer Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980606203521.1323B-100000@huron.nvl.virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980606193701.0091aa80@soham.dbrci.blr.daimlerbenz.com>
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On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Ritwik Bhattacharya wrote: > I have an HP-Laserjet printer connected to a WinNT workstation with TCP/IP > printing service running. I have configured my FreeBSD box to use this > printer, and all users share this printer thrugh the BSD box. I also have > samba installed on the BSD box. > > I want to get accounting information for all jobs sent to the printer. This > is how the entry in /etc/printcap looks : > > rp|remote printer:\ > :lp=:rm=hamsadhwani:rp=lipi:pw=80:pl=65:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > :if=/usr/libexec/lpr/lpf:af=/var/spool/lpd/account: > > According to the handbook, that's all it should take. But the following > command > > pac -Prp > > always gives this output : > > Login pages/feet run price > > total 0.00 0 $ 0.00 > > What is wrong ? Did you enable accounting at boot time? Check /etc/rc.conf and ensure that "accounting_enable" is set to "YES". I do not have accounting enabled and I get the same output as you do. Adrian -- adrian@virginia.edu ---->>>>| If I were stranded on a desert island, and System Administrator --->>>| I could only have one OS for my computer, Neurosurgical Visualization Lab ->>| it would be FreeBSD. Think about it..... http://www.nvl.virginia.edu/ ->| http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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