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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Re: lpd --- again
Message-ID: <1990Nov2.190836.25074@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
References: <1948@tuvie>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 90 19:08:36 GMT

In article <1948@tuvie> chytil@vlsivie.tuwien.ac.at writes:
>
>I have the impression that the lpd supplied with 10.2 just ignores
>the /etc/hosts.lpd -file.

We are using the /etc/hosts.lpd capability to avoid /etc/hosts.equiv, and
it seems to work just fine on SR10.2. Did you kill/restart lpd after
creating/modifying the file, and are the host names the REAL host
names, not /etc/hosts aliases (including the full domain if you are
using named)?
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
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