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remote printing
Setting up your system to
print from another machine requires just a couple of alterations in your
printcap file. Use the
rm= field to specify the remote machine and the
rp= field to specify the remote printer
on that machine. Sending the print job to the printer is the last thing that happens,
so any other options, including input filters, are also honored.
On the
destination side, you must be allowed to access the other machine. If you are
already a trusted host
and have an entry in
/etc/hosts.equiv, then there is no problem. If not,
you will be denied access. (This is a good time to start thinking about a log
file.)
If the sole reason the remote machine needs to trust your machine
is to do remote printing, I would recommend not including it in the
hosts.equiv file. This opens up more
holes. Instead, put your host
name in the file
/etc/hosts.lpd. The only thing this file does is
decide who can access the printers remotely. Putting remote machine names here
is much safer.
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