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Re: printing from cygwin-xfree remote printer
- From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Cc: bmrevet at igr dot fr
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:41:26 -0500
- Subject: Re: printing from cygwin-xfree remote printer
- References: <3C7AB05C.8010207@igr.fr>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
I don't see anything in this email that would indicate that this
is an issue for the Cygwin/XFree project.
I think you're sending to the wrong mailing list.
cgf
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:45:00PM +0100, Bernard Revet wrote:
>Dear Cygwinnies
>I am trying to install LPRng program in Cygwin-Xfree under Windows NT.
>It is not an easy task but I understand that the complexity of
>Microsoft Windows does not help.
>I followed most of the indications to have LPRng installed but I was
>stopped by the owner rules
>when I tried checkpc in order to get the corrrect seteuid I got the
>following
>SYSTEM @MICRO
>/usr/local/sbin/checkpc -V -f
>micro seteuid_wrapper: seteuid() failed !! Not owner
>micro is the name of the machine
>I need to print from micro on a remote postscript machine which is
>shared and available on micro
>I compiled LPRng as indicated after installation all commands are set to
>Admin and group none.
>I have in /etc/passwd and /etc/group the two following lines respectively
>
>daemon:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1:1:U-MICRO\daemon,S-1-5-21-1711220169-380859561-925700815-1001:/home/daemon:/bin/bash
>daemon:S-1-5-32-545:1
>
>When I configure LPRng with the various uid possibilities. I always end
>with files belonging to Administ and group none.
>If I do lpstat I get Printer 'HPLaserJ@localhost' -cannot open
>connection - Connection refused Make sure the remote host supports the
>LPD protocol.
>and accepts connections from this port and from nonprivileged port
>.
>I can print from MICRO on this remote printer. under Windows NT
>
>I would appreciate some help to circumvent the system problem and be
>able to print from a cygwin-Xfree window.
>I installed Ghostscript and Ghostview as they both have printing
>possibilities. These 2 programs are running fine but without printing
>
>Best regards
>Yours
>Bernard
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