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From: henk@hgatenl.hobby.nl (Henk Dijkstra)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
Subject: PC-NFS V3.5 and local printers question
Summary: How to get local printers working with ISC server?
Keywords: local printer, interactive unix
Message-ID: <1991Jun06.230906.20130@hgatenl.hobby.nl>
Date: 6 Jun 91 23:09:06 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Hobbynet Organisatie, Netherlands.
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Today I just received the PC-NFS V-3.5 upgrade. One of the reasons
for updating was the new feature that local PC printers could be
used through the network. However I did not succeed in getting it
running. This had nothing to do with the excellent step-by-step
procedure from the manual. But with the fact that I'm not running
BSD or SunOS, but Interactive 386/ix UNIX 2.2.1 (SYSV r3).
The manual talks about an /etc/printcap but I think printing on SYSV
does not go through /etc/printcap. So I would like to get a hint on
how to get this feature running (Use the new rpc.pcnfsd? Or use
the one that came with the OS?).

Being on the subject I wonder if the rpc.pcnfsd.c program on the
Server disk was ever tested on ISC (it contains a define hinting it has),
because BSD style wait(2) is used there. (OK, the conversion is not that
difficult, but as long as there are #defines ...)


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