lpr, lprm on remote machines

[dirk@post.lfm.rwth-aachen.de (Dirk Luetjens)]

Hello,

we have a small problem using the combination of lpr, lprm on a remote
machine. A user, who started a printjob with lpr is not allowed to
remove his own printjob on the other machine. The /etc/passwd and
/etc/group files are distributed with nis, so both computer use the
same user-id and group-id. 
Although the apsfilter cannot access the contents of the cf* files.

Evaluation of the permisssons leads to:

On the computer that started the print job:
-rw-rw----   1 daemon   lp             72 Dec 10 16:03 cfA064Aa00955
-rw-rw----   1 dirk     lp           9763 Dec 10 16:03 dfA064Aa00955

On the print-server
-rw-rw----   1 root     lp             72 Dec 10 16:01 cfA064plus.lfm.RWTH-Aachen.DE
-rw-rw----   1 root     lp           9763 Dec 10 16:01 dfA064Aa00955

Why are the jobs started with root.lp and not with the users id?

Thanks

Dirk


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