Re: adding printers with kickstart

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If you set up a machine as a spooler, then the trick (1) with the 
printcap.local works like a charm. 


Corey

On Thursday 22 August 2002 10:32, Chris Rouch wrote:
> I'm trying to add a couple of jet direct printers using kickstart. So
> far I've tried:
>
> 1) Add them on one machine using princonf, then copy the generated
> /etc/printcap to /etc/printcap.local on all the clients.
>
> This fails to generate the script.cfg files under /var/spool/lpd
>
> 2) Add them on one machine using princonf, then create a tarball with
> /etc/printcap and /var/spool/lpd, and untar this on all the clients.
>
> This creates all the correct files, but they get zapped by
> printconf-backend when lpd is restarted
>
> 3) Add them on one machine using princonf, then  copy /etc/printcap  and
> /etc/alchemist/namespace/printconf/local.adl on all the clients.
>
> This works, but seems a bit convoluted (I only found this file by
> strace'ing printconf). Is there a simpler, more obvious way?
>
> BTW this is for a 7.2 install, with LPRng.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
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