kerr@tron.UUCP (Dave Kerr) (07/19/90)
In article <4ba5d449.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> pcc@APOLLO.COM writes: >In article <613@tron.UUCP>, kerr@tron.UUCP (Dave Kerr) writes: >|> >|> I'm trying to set up lpr/lpd on our apollo nodes and have a few >|> questions that I'm hoping somebody out there can help me with. >|> > >Let's see if I can get you on your way. The general rules of running lpd at >sr10.1: > > 1) every node has it's own local spooling directory > 2) every node runs lpd > 3) you need tcp/ip configured properly for all the nodes in question. > 4) everybody needs "right" /etc/printcap's. Thanks for all the details! This clarifies things very nicely. I'll add a couple other items... >From here, the conditions become a bit more complex. I won't begin to describe >how to setup tcp/ip. Let's just say that it must be done first. On your sr9.7 >nodes, make sure that you're running version 3.1 of tcp/ip. **NOTE** For lpd >to work properly, every host that will run lpd must be "equivalenced". If this >isn't done, lpd's won't talk to each other. It appears that the sr10.1 version of lpd understands /etc/hosts.lpd. This can be used to equivalence hosts instead of using the more permissive /etc/hosts.equiv file. I'm not sure if the sr9.5 domain/ix will support this file however. >Because all the printing is really done by prf, there are two ways of setting >up printcap. One technique allows you to use the same printcap file on >every node (probably the easier way). Using the other technique is a bit >more flexible, is JLRU (Just Like Real Unix) but is a royal pain: every host >uses its own printcap. I think that using /com/prf is the way to go for any local apollo printers. After all the only print filter supported by apollo is /usr/lib/lpf, which doesn't support postscript printers, or versatecs which is what we want to use. [ details about sr10.1 printcap deleted ] >** SR10.2: >The world has been made easier at SR10.2. Just link all the /usr/spool/lpd's >to one node, create /usr/spool/lpd/servername, which contains the name of the >ONE node running lpd -- ** NO LEADING // ** -- make sure that lpd runs on >that one node, and you're all set. Doing this places restrictions on using >multiple LPD's (how you can have multiple LPD's, if necessary), but I won't >go into that here (especially since I stopped supporting lpd about 6 months >ago). Of course if you have mixed sr10.1 and sr10.2 nodes you have to resort to the individual printcap files and spooling directories to get around the lpr/lpd that's broken at sr10.1 :-(. >That should get you going. I hope I've not made any big typos/mistakes. I'm off and running! :-) Thanks again, Dave -- Dave Kerr (301) 765-4453 (WIN)765-4453 tron::kerr Internal WEC vax mail kerr@tron.bwi.wec.com from an Internet site kerr@tron.UUCP from a smart uucp mailer > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Peter Craine + "Sometimes you have to slap them in the face > Hewlett-Packard + to get their attention." > Chelmsford Response Center + *I* don't want my opinions. Why would HP? -- Dave Kerr (301) 765-4453 (WIN)765-4453 tron::kerr Internal WEC vax mail kerr@tron.bwi.wec.com from an Internet site kerr@tron.UUCP from a smart uucp mailer