Reconfiguring lpd permissions

[Lincoln Peters]

In the server's /etc/lpd.perms, I commented out the line:
REJECT SERVICE=X NOT SERVER

and now it works fine.  And my router is not configured to allow any lp 
traffic into my network from the outside world, so I don't think I need to 
restrict access to the server.


>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>To: <talk at nblug.org>, talk at nblug.org
>Subject: Re: Reconfiguring lpd permissions
>Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 20:09:17 -0700
>
>From RedHat's errata page.  checked against my own RH7.3 box.
>
>The updated packages from this advisory change the job submission
>policy (in /etc/lpd.perms) so that jobs from remote hosts are refused
>by default.
>
>Those running print servers may want to adjust this policy as
>appropriate, for example to give access to certain hosts or subnets.
>For details on how to do this see the lpd.perms(5) man page.
>
>Since Red Hat Linux 7.1, default installations include ipchains rules
>blocking remote access to the print spooler IP port; as a result those
>installations already reject remote job submissions. However, Red Hat
>Linux 7 machines and any machine upgraded to a later release (as
>opposed to
>having been freshly installed) will not have ipchains rules in place
>by default.
>
>After upgrading, you should check that the new configuration file is
>activated. To do this, type the following command:
>
>grep "X NOT SERVER" /etc/lpd.perms
>
>If this commad returns no output, you will need to put the new
>configuration file in place by typing:
>
>mv /etc/lpd.perms.rpmnew /etc/lpd.perms
>
>
>At 04:51 PM 7/21/2002 -0700, Lincoln Peters wrote:
>
>>I still need to re-configure lpd to allow remote printing before 
>>restarting would change anything, don't I?  It seems that there's nothing 
>>wrong with lpd itself; the problem is the configuration, and I can't make 
>>enough sense out of the configuration to fix it.
>>
>>
>>>From: Mark Street <jet at sonic.net>
>>>Reply-To: <talk at nblug.org>
>>>To: <talk at nblug.org>, talk at nblug.org
>>>Subject: Re: Reconfiguring lpd permissions
>>>Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 15:21:58 -0700
>>>
>>>service lpd restart
>>>
>>>as root should do it on both machines, assuming you upgraded both of 
>>>them.
>
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