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- From: osiris@ucrengr.ucr.edu (Mark Radleigh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
- Subject: Re: How to export NeXT printer to Suns?
- Keywords: printer, public access
- Message-ID: <24080@galaxy.ucr.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 21:46:57 GMT
- References: <13337@optilink.COM>
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- In article <13337@optilink.COM> brad@optilink.COM (Brad Yearwood) writes:
- > I have one NeXT with printer, running 2.1, amidst a sea of Suns. I've
- > been running for a long time with the NeXT's Network Type configured
- > as Non-NetInfo Network, with NIS enabled. The printer is a recent addition.
- >
- > Local print works fine, but I can't get the printer exported. If I just
- > try a print operation from a remote Sun, I get:
- >
- > ... /usr/lib/lpd: Local_Printer: Your host does not have line printer
- access
- >
- > If I go to PrintManager, and try to enable Public access, I get an Alert box
- > complaining "Printer cannot be exported to this same computer".
- >
- > What am I doing wrong?
- >
- > Brad Yearwood brad@optilink.com {uunet, pyramid}!optilink!brad
- > Petaluma, CA
-
- Don't know if this will cure it, but you might want to add a line SIMILAR
- to the following in /etc/hosts.lpd:
-
- ------------------
-
- /etc/hosts.lpd
- + +
-
- ------------------
-
- This tells the computer which hosts & who has access to the printer (The
- above allows access to everyone, everywhere). Just a thought...
-
- --
- +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
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