Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] make ps user the papd op?
From: Duncan Sinclair (sinclair@dis.strath.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Nov 07 1997 - 09:38:49 EST
>The Apple LaserWriter 8 driver includes the Macintosh's Owner Name (set
>in the Sharing Setup control panel or via AppleScript in my labs) in the
>postscript job, which papd receives. Maybe papd also sees the Owner
>Name via AppleTalk? Anyway, I need to set the papd operator name (op=
>in papd.conf) to the Mac Owner Name for each job it receives. Is there
>a way to do this?
I have a patch that "attempts" this. There is no guarentee that
the name papd finds is actually a real user name. Fortunately,
lpr doesn't care too much.
http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/ftp/sinclair/my-netatalk.diff
- or -
ftp://ftp.dis.strath.ac.uk/pub/sinclair/my-netatalk.diff
Use at own risk, etc....
Duncan Sinclair.
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