I didnt know you could start lpd from xinetd. If you find a solution pleaselet me/us know.
It sucks that I have to start up lpd every boot, even though I rarely use it. :( It should auto-start when ever a job gets sent. Cheers, Ryan On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 14:21, Jay Thompson wrote: > I am trying to configure lpd in xinetd. > > I am trying to run lpd from xinetd in Redhat 8.0. > > When I manually launch lpd from command line and send a > print job, it works fine (confirming that printer setup and > lpd are working). > > When I shut down lpd and activate lpd entry in xinetd.conf > > I get error on print: > > > sending job 'user@host+NNN' to printer@localhost > > connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 > > cannot open connection to localhost - Connection refused > > xinetd.conf entry is: > > service lp > { > socket_type = stream > protocol = tcp > wait = no > user = root > server = /usr/sbin/lpd > nice = 10 > instances = 10 > } > > I have made the following entries in /etc/services: > > lp 515/tcp > lp 515/udp > > After restart of xinetd, netstat and nmap show port 515 is listening: > > # netstat -tap > tcp 0 0 *:printer *.* LISTEN 1074/xinetd > > #nmap localhost > 515/tcp open printer > > I have tried setting access control in xinetd.conf to > allow_from 0.0.0.0 - just to make sure that the problem isn't > caused by an IP restriction. > > Other xinetd services (like ftp and sshd) work fine. > > I can't think of anything else to try, nor can I think of special > logging I might do to help identify the problem. None of > the current logs /var/log/messages are giving any additional > info to help. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jay > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jay Thompson > Support Systems Analyst, Sr. > Northern Arizona University > College of Ecosystem Science and Management > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (520) 523-8033 > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list