NIS printcap

2007-12-25 8:31:00

Recently I asked the question:

->I have a bunch of Sparcs running 4.1.x and wish to have printcap

->in yellow pages (NIS). I read in manual pages PRINTCAP (5) that I "lpr"

->searches local /etc/printcap then searches NIS map "printcap". The

->trouble is "trace lpr -Pxyz filename" tells me that it is not looking

->into the NIS map printcap.

->Can "printcap" be put into NIS?

->If so, can someone send me their entry in the NIS Makefile?

->I am in a big rush for this one - thanks a lot!!

Just because there were some "please send info" I am providing this summary

BUT I would like to note:

1. As pointed out to me by edguer@alpha.ces.cwru.edu, I should have looked

at the archive of the sun-managers mailing list FIRST because a

summary has already been posted regarding this subject. Instructions

for accessing this archive is described in the last FAQ from sun-managers.

The summary is:

1. This WAS available on the old 386i's using its lpd driver.

2. There is a product from Sun Consulting called NISLPD but it is

reported to cost about $2800 (not confirmed) which will run on SPARC's

3. One should be able to get a hold of the source to lpr, lpc, lpq from

Berkeley and possibly modify it - could not find anyone who has done this!

4. Have a NFS server "serve" a master printcap file using links and NFS

5. Use 'rdist' to distribute an updated /etc/printcap to all hosts.

6. Migrate to Solaris 2.x, NIS+ seems to have this feature !!

7. Put /etc/printcap in a NIS-map and let the client re-create /etc/printcap

when it reboots

8. Try the plp stuff, available via anon ftp from ftp.dcs.ed.ac.uk, look

for something like pub/plp

Thanks to all those who responded!

Kerry Kinnersley

Institute of Ocean Sciences

Sidney BC V8L 4B2

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