LPD permission

[Konrad Heuer]

On Fri, 30 May 2003, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:

> How can I set permissions on LPD spooler. I would like an entire network
> to be able to print while another must not.
> Obviously, the hosts.lpd file does not accept network range nor NIS
> netgroups...
> I don't feel like entering hundreds of @ip by hands.
>
> Any ideas ?

What about the following shell script? Should work for you, if you replace
192.168.1 by your real network address:

#!/bin/tcsh

@ n = 1

while ( $n < 255 )
  echo "192.168.1.$n" >> /etc/hosts.lpd
  @ n ++
end

Best regards

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