Hi

Thanks for all the help ( I did mean netBSD 1.6.1, lazy typing :-) ).

Turns out I was starting the lpd with the '-s' option. So I have now made
certain the daemon starts without
the '-s' option. Unfortunately a new problem has arisen. When I check the
printer queue with lpq on box A
( the setup is box A trying to print to a printer on box B), I get the error
message,

lpd: Host name for your address ('my_ip') unknown

So I thought that should be fixable. I checked my /etc/rc.conf file and the
hostname was filled in there.
 I then checked my /etc/myname and the name there matched the hostname in
the /etc/rc.conf file.
Typing 'hostname' in the prompt gave me the correct hostname I expected.
All these made no difference, I still got the error message.

I checked the hosts.lpd and hosts.equiv on box B (the one with the printer).
It had the hostname of A in it.

I am now stuck for options and so have to ask for assistance again. What
else can I check to get the setup to work?
My /etc/printcap file remains the same as below.

Again any suggestions and help is much appreciated.

Ian

Cc: <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: Printing with lpr


> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 07:04:54PM +0200, ianm wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am having trouble printing with lpr. I have two netBSD 161 boxes (call
> > them A and B) networked.
> > Both are able to successfully print to a local printer with no problem.
> > However when I set up
> > box A to print using box B's printer (a remote printer setup) I run into
> > trouble. Having setup the
> > printcap entries, when using the lpq command to check the printer queue
> > I get the following
> > message.
>
> Are the respective hosts listed in /etc/hosts.lpd and did you start
> the daemon without the '-s' flag?
>
> -- jay
>
> > connection to "ip_of_B" down
> >
> > My printcap for A is as follows:
> > ian:\
> > :lp=:rm="ip_of_B":rp="name_of_B_printer":\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0:
> >
> >
> > I thought that box B and A could both be looking at different ports, but
> > the printer ports in
> > the /etc/services files match. In lpd.perms I have set it is DEFAULT
> > ACCEPT and commented
> > out everything else.
> >
> > Any suggestions for other things I could try would be greatly
> > appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ian
>
>