On June 16, 2004 07:53 am, Michael Scully wrote: > Tom: > > I like Webmin as well, but printer configuration is the one thing on > RedHat you can't do with it. Somewhere about 7.1 or so, RH moved their > configurations out of /etc/printcap into some proprietary files. > /etc/printcap gets re-generated each time the service is started, but you > can put other custom configurations in /etc/printcap.local To manage > printers, you really need to use the gui printer config that Red Hat > supplies. > > You can change the Webmin config so that it manipulates the > printcap.local file instead, but then those printers don't show up if > you're using RH's tool. > > I've never been able to find out where RH keeps those > configurations. Does anyone know? > > Scully > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Klem > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 1:11 AM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: mysql backup script > > Same experieince. Webmin is cool for everything, especially the backup.pl > script that it generates. > > Tom Klem As I understand it, in order to allow a smooth transition from lprng to cups, RH started using a series of sym links that allow the use of either printing systems commands. There is a similar setup for sendmail and postfix. Check out the man on 'alternatives' and look at the links: /usr/bin/lpr -> /etc/alternatives/print /usr/bin/lpr.cups /usr/bin/lpr.LPRng /usr/bin/lprm -> /etc/alternatives/print-lprm /usr/bin/lprm.cups /usr/bin/lprm.LPRng /usr/bin/lprsetup.sh /etc/alternatives/print -> /usr/bin/lpr.cups /etc/alternatives/print-lprm -> /usr/bin/lprm.cups It takes a bit to follow it all thru, but it is a rather neat process. As far as using the Redhat-config tool, I think printing is one service that is best left to a utility and not editing printcap directly. If I were you, I would just choose either the RH tool or WebMin, and stick with it. -- Pete Nesbitt, rhce -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
