Re: Remote Printer Refuses to print
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Dr. Karl-Wilhelm Schulte wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 05:33:18PM +0200, Daniel Mashao wrote:
> > > I have set up a printer on a Debian Linux box and I have a tough time
> > # services of this machine. See lpd(8).
> > machinex.where.iam
> > machiney.where.iam
> >
> Thank you. This was my problem. etc/hosts.lpd does not want ip numbers but
> FQDNs. I did that and the machine started printing. I am coming up agains
> a lot of stuff that is not fully specified. I could not believe when the
> whole thing started working.
Actually it doesn't need a FQDN, just a name that it can resolve from
/etc/hosts. It works just fine for me with a local nickname for another
machine on my lan.
Bob
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