rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tall Cool One ) writes:

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>I've read the faqs and I still can't seem to get lpd to startup.. lpr and lpq
>work fine.  I set the permissions/ownership like the faq specified.  When I run it, but /etc/lpd &, All I get is the process ID, which means it died.  I've tried to start it up a few times, but it refuses to work.. Anyone have a suggestion?Thanks.!

It really should die, as far as i know.
lpd only runs, when there are jobs to print, otherwise it dies.
When you invoke lpr or lpq, then lpd is automatically restarted.


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