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
> 
> 



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