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Subject:    Re: [LPRng] Irix's lprm doesn't work on remote queues?
From:       "Kevin K. Sochacki" <kksocha () erenj ! com>
Date:       1999-03-24 20:51:35
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I know that Irix 6.2 and older had a problem in their lpd/lpr
implementation, if you tried to delete a job from a remote print queue and
you _did_not_ use the 'lp=' capability in the printcap.  If you set this
capability to 'lp=/dev/null' you were able to delete jobs from the remote
queue.  I have not checked the more recent 6.5 Irix because I got use to
setting 'lp=/dev/null' in all printcaps.  SGI knows of the problem, I
reported to them over a year ago and they didn't seem interested in fixing
the problem.

Edwin Lim wrote:

> This may be off topic.  I am trying to install LPRng servers into a
> heterogeneous (and unruly :-) network of unix boxes.  I found out that,
> at least on Irix 6.2 and 6.5 boxes, once the job leaves the local spool
> directories, there is no way lprm can remove the job on the remote
> queues.  Can anyone confirm this, or am I missing something obvious?
>
> lp servers: both SunOS 4.x lpd and lprng (on Solaris 2.6)
>
> lprm clients on Irix 6.2 and 6.5:            fails
> lprm clients on Linux boxes (Red Hat 5.2):   works
>
> The Irix lprm fails regardless of whether the remote lpd is SunOS 4.x
> BSD lpd or Solaris 2.6 with LPRng.  But linux boxes seem to be able to
> lprm the remote jobs OK (at least lprm'ing from the remote LPRng
> server).
>
> I have turned on verbose logging and checked with netstat and it
> seems that the Irix lprm never even attempted to contact the remote
> lpd.
>
> So my question is:  Is the Irix lprm broken in that sense, or am I
> missing something in the client-side configuration?
>
> Happy LPRng-ing!
>
> e.
> --
> Edwin Lim <elim@research.att.com>
>
> P.S.  I searched the newsgroups for any mention of this problem but
> couldn't find any solution.

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