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From: carl@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
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Subject: Re: how to restrict use of copy to printer over decnet?
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Date: Sun, 21-Sep-86 10:36:54 EDT
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You're right that there are problems with setting an ACL on the print device
to control printing from remote nodes: it doesn't work, since a file copied
to the device (if it is spooled), is printed by the symbiont, typically
owned by SYSTEM.  There may be problems with setting the device /NOSPOOLED:
some years ago, for example, I tried doing that with a Versatec printer
using a Versatec-supplied symbiont, and the result was loss of portions
of plotted files queued to the device;  while this indicates (I think) a
bit of sloppiness in the code for the symbiont, it IS a gotcha that shouldn't
be ignored.