FC3 RC5 - Networked LPD server printing still not working.

[Gerry Tool]

Stephen J. Smoogen wrote:

>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:24:09 -0500, Gerry Tool <gstool at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>>Gerry Tool wrote:
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>>>>I have just done a fresh install of FC3, Release Candidate 3.
>>>>Printing to a networked LPD server still will not work.  This is a
>>>>bug (#133064) that is assigned to the kernel.   Telnet to the print
>>>>server fails, but ping succeeds.  FC2 telnets fine to the print server.
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>>>>Gerry Tool
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>>>Just did fresh install of FC3 RC5 from DVD.  LPD server printing still
>>>not working.  This is kernel 649.
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>>>Gerry
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>>On a tip from Steven Schwartz, I found that if I execute
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>>/sbin/service iptables off
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>>printing to the remote LPD server works.
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>>Of course this is not a valid fix.  Any ideas of a correct way to solve
>>the problem?
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>What level of the firewall did you select on the install. It might be
>a valid fix if you set the highest level :).
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I accepted the default.  Steven Schwartz came up with a change to 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables that allows my print server to finally work.  
See the most recent comment in bugzilla #133064.

Gerry Tool