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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:04:15 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: Mark Yeck <y3k@gti.net>
From: Mark Yeck <y3k@gti.net>
To: "Ty C. Mixon" <tymanthius@usa.net>
Subject: RE: Printer serving problems
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> I have my Panasonic 1124i dot matrix printer working great from the bsd box. 
> However, I want a Mandrake linux box I use for 'everyday' work to be able to
> print to it too.
> 
> I *think* I have everything set ok, but I get 'connection refused' everytime
> I
> try to print from the linux box.  Printing works great if I ssh over, or sit
> at
> the kybd of the bsd box.
> 
> Confused as usual.
> 
> Ty

Make sure that you have the name of your Mandrake box in /etc/hosts.equiv or
/etc/hosts.lpd on the FreeBSD box. I think there's something about this on the
lpd manpage.

-mark


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