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oss639

From: Bela Lubkin <belal@sco.com>
Subject: Re: oss639 print security patch and it's strange disappearance
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:20:12 GMT
References: <3c3f5c89.7230533@news.cable.ntlworld.com> 

Jeremy@harkcom.com wrote:

> I was going to ask if anyone else was having a problem adding Remote
> Printers on Sco Openserver 5.0.6.after oss639 is applied , but I see
> it has now dis-appeared except a small reference in the following
> document at this URL.
> 
> ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/README.OSR5.Supplements
> 
> Has someone made a rather large mistake which has been brushed under
> the carpet or has it moved somewhere else. Anyone else have the same
> problem whereby the print queue isn't added properly. I've one
> particular system which  is still suffering after removal of the above
> patch, and wonder if anyone would know how to reverse it's affect on
> the system.
> 
> The patch was listed as a minor fix for 5.0.5 / 5.0.6 and 5.0.6A

oss639a had severe packaging problems and was withdrawn.  A revised,
correctly-packaged version is supposed to be in the works.

OSR5 includes two different print spooler systems, SysV (/usr/bin/lp,
lpsched, etc.) and BSD (/usr/lib/lpd, etc.)  They interact with each
other in various ways.  Both include a number of binaries with the same
names (lpstat, cancel, etc.)  Exactly where each binary lives varies
according to whether the BSD spooler has been configured with `mkdev
rlp`.  Several recent supplements have issued one set of binaries or the
other, but installed them in the location belonging to the other
spooler, or with insufficient care about whether the BSD spooler is
configured.  This is in the process of being cleaned up.

>Bela<
 

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