Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!js3b+ From: js3b+@andrew.cmu.edu (James Vincent Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NetInfo Message-ID: Date: 9 May 91 00:04:18 GMT References: <1991May7.200332.3548@nntp-server.caltech.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 38 In-Reply-To: <1991May7.200332.3548@nntp-server.caltech.edu> anne@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Anneliese Lilje) writes: > ... > > Presently there is one cube (030) that is the master server for / > THis machine is also presently a printserver for / > It has 16 MBytes RAM and a 330 H.Disk. We are also running NIS (YP). > > ... > > I can't get NetInfor to export the local printer on kanga to / > I am following the procedure in the Next Sys Admin book that you get > with the slabs. > > When I try to indicate / on the "where" button in the Print Manager it > takes it okay. Then I try to exit the app and it says...can't write to / > domain...or objects in / are read only etc. etc. > > I have tried MANUALLY adding the printer to / through the NetInfo Manager > and I get the same types of results. Has anyone else had problems exporting > printers to / from the slabs? > > ... > > anne I have had the same problem over here in my cluster. We have a slab running the netinfo server and printserving the / domain. When I tried to move the printserver to another machine, and have it serve the / domain, I got the cannot write to / error as well. No solutions yet, and answer from the net? James