Hello
first thanks to all people who answer to my question
Here is a hack i got from seawolf-list
It work quite well
Hope this can help
>++ 02/08/01 11:10 +0200 - Eric Doutreleau:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> i have to manage a bunch ( over sever hundreds ) of machine using
>> Redhat 7.1.
>> all these machines are client of lpd server for printing ( usually windows
>> server ).
>>
>> How can i set printer without launching a gui?
>>
>> The perfect solution would be to set them in the kickstart installation.
>
>yeah, well, I just wrote that. It will be in the next release.
>
>in the meantime, this is not the way to do this long term, but...
>#ifdef UNDOCUMENTED_HACK
> 1. Configure a machine's printers.
> 2. Copy the file:
> /etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl
> to a new machine.
> 3. Restart the new machine's lpd; voila, the printer settings are
> cloned.
>
> And since the file is gziped xml, you could zcat it, and store
> the uncompressed version in a kickstart here document, and gzip
> it into place.
>
> Or put it at a known web/ftp location, and use curl or wget,
> etc.
>#endif
>
>
>There is a much better import/export interface in the new version, as
>well as a text mode tool.
>
>--
>"I may be a monkey, Crutcher Dunnavant
> but I'm a monkey <crutcher@xxxxxxxxxx>
> with ambition!" Red Hat OS Development
>
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