[ale] print & permissions prob. in LPRing

[Dow Hurst]

Hey Chris!
Maybe (I don't know just guessin') you should not comment out the REJECT 
SERVER line but configure it with NOT SERVER 192.168.1.104 since that 
would allow that server only and not all others?  Do you have available 
an explanation of that option?  The default may be to reject all hosts 
except local.  Just a guess.
Dow


Christopher Russell wrote:

>I'm a newbie trying to make LPRing work:
>1. How do I correct garbage output from nw printer?
>2. How do I give proper permissions to a single host across the network?
>BACKGROUND:
>I am attempting to install LPRing to network an HP-812C printer, between
>two RH8 boxes, in my house, connected via a Linksys cable BEFSR41
>internet router. NB: The printer works perfectly when attached directly
>to either box and used as a local printer.
>
>WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR:
>I attached the printer to host called 'cedar,' the machine I now
>dedicate to be print server. (IP 192.168.1.100), and edit the lpd.perms
>file, as below, to allow print jobs from the other machine called
>'fulham' at IP 192.168.1.104
>-----
># allow root on server to control jobs
>ACCEPT SERVICE=C SERVER REMOTEUSER=root
># allow anybody to get server, status, and printcap
>ACCEPT SERVICE=C LPC=lpd,status,printcap
># ----------- My next line for host fulham
>ACCEPT SERVICE=C REMOTEIP=192.168.1.104
># reject all others
>REJECT SERVICE=C
>#
># allow same user on originating host to remove a job
>ACCEPT SERVICE=M SAMEHOST SAMEUSER
># allow root on server to remove a job
>ACCEPT SERVICE=M SERVER REMOTEUSER=root
>REJECT SERVICE=M
># allow local job submissions only
># REJECT SERVICE=X NOT SERVER ------ I commented out this line
># all other operations allowed
>DEFAULT ACCEPT
>------
>
>Host 'fulham' is booted, and set the default to the newly appeared LPD
>queue type, where it sees the HP printer at the print server cedar. The
>driver, hpijs, and other options are all as previously set, including
>convert text to postscript.
>
>1. The Print Problem:
>However, when I send it a small text file, it prints garbage. A few
>lines at the top of as many as twenty sheets of paper, lots of strange
>symbols many of which are upside down question marks. (However, the same
>file prints perfectly when sent from the server as a local print job).
>
>2. lprm Problem:  I should be able to cancel the print job from the
>host, but it says that I don't have permission.
>
>------
>[root at fulham chris]# lprm chris
>Printer hp-cedar at fulham:  ## Here it's looking at the old local
>connection on fulham
>Printer hp-cedar at cedar:   ## It's looking at the printer on the server
>called cedar
>  checking perms 'chris at fulham+259'
>  no permissions 'chris at fulham+259'
>  checking perms 'chris at fulham+564'
>  no permissions 'chris at fulham+564'
>------
>
>Summary
>Well this is a long e-mail, but I hope that I have included enough
>detail that someone can see my error, probably in lpd.perms, and
>somewhere else ?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Chris
>
>
>
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