Re: lpr wants /usr/spool???
torsten wrote
> "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu> writes:
> > > check your /etc/printcap file.
> > ahah, you're right. I took it from one of the workstations. But
> > this begs the question as to why it worked for weeks before this
> > . . .
> Because the symlink /usr/spool pointing to /var/spool was removed in
> the one of latest base-files package.
it just got curiouser. I changed /etc/printcap to use /var/spool, and it wouldn't work, complaining that the file didn't exist (though it didn't say which file). I changed it back to /usr/spool, restarted the daemon, and it prints fine
rick
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