Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!umich.UUCP!kniveton%zeus%motcid%uunet%samsung From: kniveton%zeus%motcid%uunet%samsung@umich.UUCP (Andy Kniveton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: lpr, lpd , ... errors Message-ID: <9102211140.AA12209@zeus.> Date: 21 Feb 91 11:37:23 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 34 The error " Warning: No daemon present " occurs due to the fact that Apollo ( I assume, I may be wrong as we get our Apollo's and software from Mentor Graphics ) shipped the files /usr/ucb/lpq , /usr/ucb/lpr , /usr/ucb/lprm and /usr/lib/lpd with the wrong permissions, ownership and group. On SR10.3 they have fixed this and they should be as follows :- -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 16017 Sep 14 1989 /usr/ucb/lpq -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 22233 Apr 13 1990 /usr/ucb/lpr -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 16272 Sep 14 1989 /usr/ucb/lprm -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 53540 Apr 13 1990 /usr/lib/lpd This is how printing works under BSD :- 1) An initial lpd process is run. 2) lpr creates a header and data file in the spool directory. 3) lpr informs the initial copy of lpd about the header and data file in the spool directory. 4) lpd then kicks off another lpd process to do the real work of printing the data. So if the above files don't have the right permissions lpr, etc .. Won't be able to kick off the second lpd process. Andy. -- Andy Kniveton, CAD Application Engineer, Tel No (0793) 545349 Motorola Ltd, Cellular Infrastructure Division, Fax No (0793) 541228 16 Euro Way, Blagrove, Swindon, England, SN5 8YW. E-mail uunet!motcid!tyne!kniveton Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com