[ale] red hat as print server

[Michael D. Ivey]

On Fri, Dec 18, 1998 at 02:33:39PM -0500, Mike Williamson wrote:
> Do you have an entry for each Unix/Linux server in the /etc/hosts.lpd file? 
>  In other words, do you have an entry in there for the name of the remote 
> red hat box?

Yes...once the username was added, it started printing.

> It controls host names that are allowed to print...rather than usernames. 

But it appears that something in red hat is username specific...

> > > >worked great, except for one linux box...discovered he didn't have an
> > > >account on the red hat box that matched his own box.  added a user,
> > > >and it printed...does this mean that red hat requires a local user for
> > > >each remote user that might print?  fearsome...
> > > >
> > > >hopefully, there's a FM that i haven't RT'd yet...anyone have
> > > >suggestions?  i'd hate to think that i can't give lpd access to a
> > > >whole machine without adding users for each remote user...

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