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by **James Murra** » Thu, 01 May 1997 04:00:00

I am considering setting up a 386 based Linux box as a print server (on a
WFW / Samba network) and need a monitor program like MS print manager
that will the console user to view/delete print jobs and stop and start the
printer. Before I try to write one, does one already exist ? I have looked
in the LSM under 'print' and 'printing' but nothing seems obvious.

Thanks for any help.

jsm

by **David L. Johnso** » Thu, 01 May 1997 04:00:00

> I am considering setting up a 386 based Linux box as a print server (on a
> WFW / Samba network) and need a monitor program like MS print manager
> that will the console user to view/delete print jobs and stop and start the
> printer. Before I try to write one, does one already exist ? I have looked
> in the LSM under 'print' and 'printing' but nothing seems obvious.

Try

man lpq

man lprm

man lpc

man lptest

But, BTW, lprm will not allow any old user to delete print jobs, nor
should it. Only the owner of the job, or the superuser, has that right.

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by **Matthew Ric** » Fri, 02 May 1997 04:00:00

> > I am considering setting up a 386 based Linux box as a print server (on a
> > WFW / Samba network) and need a monitor program like MS print manager
> > that will the console user to view/delete print jobs and stop and start the
> > printer. Before I try to write one, does one already exist ? I have looked
> > in the LSM under 'print' and 'printing' but nothing seems obvious.

> Try

> man lpq

I'm taking James at his word that he just want a "monitor program".
Here's a real cheesy one:

xterm -e /bin/sh -c 'while true;do clear;lpq;sleep 3;done'

Enjoy :-)
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by **Marc Lefran** » Sat, 03 May 1997 04:00:00

> > > I am considering setting up a 386 based Linux box as a print server (on a
> > > WFW / Samba network) and need a monitor program like MS print manager
> > > that will the console user to view/delete print jobs and stop
> > > and start the
> I'm taking James at his word that he just want a "monitor program".
> Here's a real cheesy one:

> xterm -e /bin/sh -c 'while true;do clear;lpq;sleep 3;done'

or watch -n 3 lpq, with watch from the procps package.

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by **James Murra** » Mon, 05 May 1997 04:00:00

>> > > I am considering setting up a 386 based Linux box as a print server (on a
>> > > WFW / Samba network) and need a monitor program like MS print manager
>> > > that will the console user to view/delete print jobs and stop
>> > > and start the

>> I'm taking James at his word that he just want a "monitor program".
>> xterm -e /bin/sh -c 'while true;do clear;lpq;sleep 3;done'
>or watch -n 3 lpq, with watch from the procps package.

None of the above suggestions are what I am after.
Hmmm, let me try again - what I want is a text-based equivalent of MS
print manager effectively running SUID lp, so that the console user
can easily press a few keys to control the printer and print jobs.
I know how to use lpq, lprm, lpc etc. but the DOS/WIN users do not and
should not need to. For this one printer I want to dispense with normal
security and allow the user to delete others' jobs and stop/start services
from one screen without having to login. e.g. p = pause printer, k = kill a job

Hope I made myself clearer this time.

jsm

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