lpd does not use SMB, nor SSH, nor RSH. It has it's own port and protocol. Is lpd running on the lp server? port blocked? Sam MacDonald said: > I'm pounding this laptop in to the ground using my fingers :o) > > I have a printer on my home network, > one is connected to W2K server and shared as "Deskjet" > > I can print from my Redhat box, I'm running Samba on that machine. > so I know Linux can print using that printer. > My Debian laptop does not have Samba installed, I'm not sure I want to > install it as it takes almost 12 megabytes of disk space. > "df" says > filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda1 170274 86777 74706 54% / > > I would need a printcap local that looks like this to print to a remote > printer. > > # REMOTE djet695 > :lp=:\** > :rm="machine":\ > :rp="printer":\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > I get "lpr: cannot open remote" > the remote hosts.allow has the machine name in it. > the remote hosts has the ip and name in it. > I must be missing something... > > do I need an entry to "ssh"? > > Sam. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list