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From: gerrit@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Gerrit)
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Subject: Re: dying lpd
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Date: 27 Jul 89 23:15:30 GMT
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>NeXT has prescribed several fixes for the printer refusing to print.
>These have been sent out via E-Mail, and not everybody knows about
>them (I just got lucky that I heard).
>
>1. The first thing you should do is log in as each and every individual
>   user on the console, one at a time.  For each user, start up the
>   "preferences" program.  There's a switch there indicating "Public
>   Window Server."  Select it so the check mark appears.  For some
>   reason, if even one user is not a Public Window Server, bad things
>   happen to the printer.  This bug should be fixed in 1.0.

I've got over 95 accounts on some of the NeXT machines here, and the above
method would have been a bit tedious.  For those in the same boat, a Unix
solution can save you a bit of work.  As root, try the following from
a Shell or Terminal:

# foreach i ( `nidump passwd . | awk -F: '{print $1}'` )
> echo "dwrite PublicWindowServer Yes" | su $i
> end

If you want to do it for the parent NetInfo domain, change the "."
in "nidump passwd ." to a "..".

Gerrit Huizenga
NeXT Workstation Support
Purdue University Computing Center
gerrit@mentor.cc.purdue.edu