Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 09:18:20 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: regnauld@ftf.net, bright@wintelcom.net, ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu, kehlet@techfuel.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: anyone have System V jokes? Message-ID: <19990909091820.A68881@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19990909020944.3B2B014D42@hub.freebsd.org> References: <19990908100207.37441@ns.int.ftf.net> <19990909020944.3B2B014D42@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 07:09:44PM -0700, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > /etc/inittab > > > > etc.. > > printing system from hell. Oooh, don't start me, I've been wrestling with it all week under Solartus. Solaris (2.6 & later) has the wonderful concept of *two* network print systems. The old way, and the new way. Which one you end up using depends on which part of the answerbook you use. This is not made clear *at* *all* by any of the documentation. So I started adding networked printers on the print server, and realised that it was doing the wrong thing, and I really wanted to add them using the old way, which spools jobs locally first. It's a bloody nightmare. And then there's the concepts of forms, wheels and so on and it gets more complicated. And the interface scripts, which are always wrong. And the fact the Solaris doesn't actually update the printer settings when you ask it to with lpadmin (you have to delete the printer and recreate it with the new settings). OTOH, I don't think that much of the BSD printing system. It works, but it's not as scalable as I'd like. I'm going to investigate CUPS soon (<URL:http://www.cups.org>). -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "vi has two modes the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesnt." -- Anon. ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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