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RE: [TCLUG:1450] printer server (cont.)



>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Wilson <wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu> writes:

    Tim> Hello again, I just know I've got this printing problem
    Tim> nearly licked. Here's the error message I'm getting when I
    Tim> try to print a test page from the Control-Panel Print Tool:

    Tim> Error printing test page to queue hp4000

    Tim> Error reason: lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued,
    Tim> but cannot start daemon.

This may seem elementary (& you probably already checked this) but is
lpd running? You may have to 'SIGHUP' it if it was and you changed the
printcap file.

    Tim> Is this a permissions problem? ls -l /usr/bin/lpr on the
    Tim> server gives:

    Tim> [root@pascal wilson]# ls -l /usr/bin/lpr -r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp
    Tim> 15164 May 5 18:24 /usr/bin/lpr

Probably not, although my lpr is -r-s--s--x (i.e. no reads for non
root people)

Andrew