Murat
BSD ve LPRng ile problemlerini cozmus, 3.2 ile bir sure olsun huzura ermis
bir linux kullanicisi... B-)
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From: "Garrett D'Amore" <garrett@qualcomm.com>
Sender: majordomo-owner@iona.com
Reply-To: lprng@iona.com
Here's the Slackware maintainer's note on LPRng and Slackware. Good news!
Maybe soon can just direct Slackware users to "upgrade" to 3.3 when they
whine about LPRng.
-- Garrett D'Amore.
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>From volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu Wed Jul 9 13:19:56 1997
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 15:19:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Patrick J. Volkerding" <volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu>
To: "Garrett D'Amore" <garrett>
Subject: Re: [LPRng] LPRng REALLY SUCKS.
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
> Does anyone else resent the recent addition of LPRng to Slackware Linux?
>
> I assume Pat used it to fix the lpd security bug (for which there is now
> a patch), but this user has some valid complaints -- LPRng is somewhat
> complicated for novice users to configure and install. While LPRng is
> great for large sites that have special needs for enterprise printing,
> it is poorly suited for the single Linux user who just wants to print
> to a local printer with a minimum of fuss (and who also may have lots
> of Linux or other "basic" UNIX sysadmin manuals that all assume a standard
> BSD lpd.)
I agree 100%. Slackware 3.3, which will be up for FTP in about a week,
will switch back to the BSD lpr with security patches. To be honest,
LPRng was crammed down my throat by a small group of security activists
who insisted it was 100% compatible with the BSD lpd spooler. I think we
all know that's a crock now. :^)
Take care,
Pat
A few excerpts from the ChangeLog here for Slackware 3.3:
Fri Jun 20 12:44:26 CDT 1997
slakware/a5/lprng.tgz: Moved to contrib/ directory.
slakware/a5/bsdlpr.tgz: Added as new default print spooler.
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Fri May 9 14:04:28 CDT 1997
contrib/bsdlpr.tgz: A port of BSD lpr-5.9, with security problems fixed.
NOTE: A *lot* of people out there have been reporting problems with
LPRng (the default print spooler in Slackware 3.2), that it doesn't
like their printcap, or text prints out with stair-stepping, or that
it just plain isn't working. While most of these problems are caused
by incorrect network configuration or other configuration errors (LPRng
works fine for me), it's clear that the old BSD lpr (used in earlier
Slackware releases) wasn't as picky about things and was easier to get
working, in general. So, now that the security holes in BSD lpr are
supposed to be fixed, I'm providing it here as a replacement package.
Considering the number of complaints regarding LPRng, BSD lpr may
become the default print spooler again when the next Slackware release
comes around. :^)
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