Subject: Re: lpd (/usr/sbin/lpd) and apsfilter
To: None <dbonnafo@algol.dyndns.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/23/2002 18:54:42
On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 06:09:36PM +0200, dbonnafo@algol.dyndns.org wrote:
> hi,
>
> my printcap is as follow :
>
> # APS1_BEGIN:printer1
> # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
> # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
> lp|PS;r=300x300;q=medium;c=gray;p=a4;m=auto:\
> :lp=:\
> :rm=perseus:\
> :rp=brother:\
> :if=/usr/pkg/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
> # APS1_END - don't delete this
>
>
> and apsfilter is own by :
>
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 55512 Aug 21 20:47 /usr/pkg/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter
>
> I start lpd at boot up, /etc/rc.conf contains lpd=YES and lpd_flags=""
>
> Again I ask you why for a local job cf file are own by user "daemon"
> and for a remote job by "root" ?
Because they're not queued by the same program: lpr for local jobs,
lpd for remote.
I can't see how this can be a problem for apsfilter, as long as it's
group-writable.
--
Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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