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Bug 339

Summary:	lpd restricts remote users to those with local accounts
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	amlai
Component:	lpr	Assignee:	Crutcher Dunnavant <crutcher>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	5.2	CC:	ewhitelaw
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	1999-02-17 17:08:47 UTC	Type:	---
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Description amlai 1998-12-08 02:03:00 UTC

lpd restricts remote users to those with local accounts even
without the rs flag in the printcap.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-02-17 17:07:59 UTC

fixed in lpr-0.34-1

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 1999-04-05 14:26:59 UTC

*** Bug 1994 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

lpr-0.31-4 (RH5.1) printing to lpr-0.33-1 (RH5.0) doesn't
work if remote host doesn't not have user account for
client.

lpd log shows:
Apr  2 17:55:12 star lpd[31169]: can't find user - can't
fork

This occurs regardless of rs: flag in printcap.  Printing is
fine when accounts match (root<->root, etc.).
(This is in Debian Bug List also)