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From: mcguire@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Charlie McGuire,6 MLH,3352730,,)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: bsd4.3 lpd bug ???
Message-ID: <173@ns-mx.uiowa.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 15:38:31 GMT
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From article <8911101022.AA00512@icaen.uiowa.edu>, by dbfunk@ICAEN.UIOWA.EDU (David B Funk):
Followup to lpd bug ...
> WRT your posting <1132@cernvax.UUCP>:
>> we are trying to get lpd (bsd) running on two dn3500 to use them as servers for
>> a couple of other Unix machines (SGI, Sun).
>> I did it completely separately from one of my colleagues (who did the
>> other dn3500) and we both came to the same point:
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>>	5) lpr queues files and complains 'cannot start server'
>>	6) lpc restart (or stop, start etc) always tells you
>>		'cannot start server' (or cannot stop server etc.)
> These sound like a communications (NCS) problem, "lpr" uses NCS to
> talk to "lpd". Use "/etc/ncs/lb_admin" to check the local location broker
> on the "lpd" node to see if it has registered. 
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	If you are trying to run only one lpd daemon on your network with
	linked spool directories, then you must also make sure the Domain
	"prmgr" is running on the same node as lpd. You must also create
	the file /usr/spool/lpd/servername that contains the hostid of the
	node running lpd. If you are using 4-level IP hostnames, then this
	is the name that should appear here. (see below)
	I run my network print services this way with
	only one lpd daemon running. All other nodes link to the entire
	/usr/spool tree on this one machine. NCS uses the hostid in the
	servername file to "wake up" the lpd daemon.
 
>     One other possible unusual problem: the IP hostname must be the same as
> the DDS node name. IE "/etc/hostname" must give the same name as the name
> that the node's disk is cataloged with. 
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	This is true. I had the same problem and Dave helped me straighten 
	it out. The BSD stuff is distinct from the "dds" stuff. 

> Your "/etc/printcap" entry looks OK.

	I agree. The lp=/dev/null: line is ok also.
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> Dave Funk
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Charlie McGuire
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The University of Iowa
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