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Terminal Server - User and Administration Guide
The Host
Using RCP with
Unix System V
line printer
spoolers.
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Local port:
The INETD process running on the terminal
server for this port is listening for TCP/IP
connections on TCP port 514 (this is the RCP
service number).
On systems where LPD or a binary for ioland is not
available, or is found to be unreliable due to limitations in
the OS, RCP provides a useful, if limited, alternative method
for printing. The port/group of ports must be configured to
listen to the RCP port, which is port 514. Users can then
copy files to the server using the following command syntax:
rcp <file> <server>:tty [port #]
It is worth noting that the RCP will fail if the port (or all the
ports in the hunt group) is in use when the RCP command is
attempted. If you wish to use RCP as part of a System V print
spooler script, it is essential that the script checks the return
status of the RCP command.
a. Log in as root and create a print queue for the
printer with /dev/null as the device port. For
example, create an HP LaserJet printer queue via
the command:
/usr/lib/lpadmin -hpjet -v/dev/null -mHPLaserJet
Do not accept or enable the printer at this stage.
b. Go into the directory containing the interface
scripts for all printers. This is normally found in:
/usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces (Rel 3 Unix).
/etc/lp/interfaces (Rel 3 Unix).
/usr/spool/lp/interfaces (XENIX).
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