[lug] Remote printing?

[Scott A. Herod]

The lpd manpage says that requests must come from machines listed
in /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd.  I figured that the syntax
for the two files would be the same, and there is no hosts.lpd 
manpage.

Scott

Hugh Brown wrote:
> 
> It could be, but why are you looking at the manpage for hosts.equiv when
> you are using hosts.lpd
> 
> The first line in the manpage is:
> 
>  /etc/hosts.equiv  -  list  of  hosts  and  users  that are
>        granted "trusted" r command access to your system
> 
> I'm confused at how there is a tie to printing.
> 
> Hugh
> 
> "Scott A. Herod"
> >
> > Thanks Hugh,
> >
> >   That worked.  In my defense, isn't the hosts.equiv manpage
> > somewhat misleading?  The wife will now be happy.  She can
> > print without me having to come down and copy files across
> > to the printer host.
> >
> > Scott
> >