Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!expya!admin From: admin@cs.exeter.ac.uk (Khalid Sattar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid Subject: printing via pcnfs Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 90 15:42:33 GMT Sender: admin@cs.exeter.ac.uk Distribution: comp Organization: Computer Science Dept. - University of Exeter. UK Lines: 12 On Pyramid OSx 4.4 files printed from PC's using pcnfs get printed as user root. This really messes up our printer accouting. Is this a feature?, bug? or lack of foresight. I would have though that it would not be too difficult to implement since the PC user has already given it name using "net name". The pcnfs could then do a setuid to that user before spawning lpr -- Khalid Sattar JANET : admin@uk.ac.exeter.cs Computer Science Dept. UUCP : admin@expya.uucp University of Exeter BITNET : admin%uk.ac.exeter.cs@ukacrl Exeter, UK. Tel : +44 392 264062