Cheers Everyone
Sorted it now
The info in the lpd.log gave me the clue - the deamon could not start for
this queue because the lock file had the wrong permissions on it.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rabjohns, David
> Sent: 07 September 2000 15:31
> To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: Some printing questions..
>
> Hello All
>
> Got a problem with a print queue that does'nt seem to want to print.
> We have a queue 'cenpa4' that has just 'stopped' printing. We have upped
> the queue using lpc and it reports that the demon has started - however
> when you look at the queue using lpq it reports that no demon is present.
> Does anybody know what the problem might be ??
>
> [sun] root > ps -A | grep lpd
> 532 ?? I 0:00.55 /usr/lbin/lpd
> 19221 ttyp4 S + 0:00.00 grep lpd
> [sun] root > lpq -P cenpa4
>
> sun.supplies.nhs.uk: Warning: no daemon present
> sun.supplies.nhs.uk:
> Rank Pri Owner Job Files Total
> Size
> 1st 0 root 9 /etc/motd 83 bytes
> 2nd 0 ireavele 11 (standard input) 34134
> bytes
> 3rd 0 ireavele 12 (standard input) 43248
> bytes
> 4th 0 ireavele 13 (standard input) 13616
> bytes
>
> status: idle
> interface: online
> control:
> [sun] root >
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
Received on Thu Sep 07 2000 - 15:39:34 NZST