Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: lpd, hosts.equiv and netgroups Keywords: lpd, hosts.equiv Message-ID: <8239@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 22 Oct 89 18:53:20 GMT References: <3535@orion.cf.uci.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article <3535@orion.cf.uci.edu> Guy Cardwell writes: > Could someone please defend or refute the following statement: > > In Ultrix 3.0 the line printer daemon does not allow the use of > netgroups in hosts.equiv to specify the access control on a printer. Well, on the con side, the documentation makes no mention of netgroups or other yp enhancements, while on the pro side, it appears that the binary does contain a copy of the netgroup object. getnetgrent.c 9.1 ULTRIX 12/7/88 innetgr.c 9.1 ULTRIX 12/7/88 You might try doing your thing on the hosts.lpd file rather than the hosts.equiv file, assuming that yp has anything to do with hosts.lpd. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)