Hello,

I have had a problem for a long time now and now I decided to get a solution
for
it. I have an IBM RS/6000 server with AIX 4.3.3 and have something like
20-30
printer queues on the server, most of them are queues on normal
workstations,
using niprint on the workstation end. The problem is that sometimes the
hostname
or ip-address changes on the workstations, and I can't figure out how to
change
the print queue settings to work with the new address or hostname. The only
solution so far have been to delete the queue and create it again with the
new
settings. (That's a pain in the a** because some printers uses settings that
I haven't
managed to find out, and after the delete operation it's really difficult to
get the
settings right so the printer will work again.)

Now I have read in this newsgroup that it should work like this:
edit queue in /etc/qconfig to right settings, start smit to digest the new
settings
and everything should work just fine. But not for me. I've tried to restart
qdaemon
and everything, but to no use, it just won't work.
When using lpstat -aqueuename it displays the status as unknown and if I use
enable queuename it goes ok, but lpstat displays the same thing again. Then
I did rename the spool file or something in /var/spool/lpd/stat to the new
name,
and now it displays that the device is down, but wont enable it. (And I also
noticed
that inside the "spool" file is the old hostname still, so this surely
wasn't the right
way to do this!

Now I would like to receive an very thorough "guide" how to do this right,
so I
don't have to delete the queues and recreate them.

Thanks in advance,
Marko Hausalo

"Marko Hausalo" <marko.hausalo@nic.fi> wrote in message
news:CxFmc.834$EI.209@reader1.news.jippii.net...

> using niprint on the workstation end. The problem is that sometimes the
hostname
> or ip-address changes on the workstations, and I can't figure out how to
change
> the print queue settings to work with the new address or hostname. The
only
> solution so far have been to delete the queue and create it again with the
> new settings. (That's a pain in the a** because some printers uses
settings that

Edit /etc/qconfig. Change the hostname on the "backend =" line ONLY. Don't
change the name of the queue or queue device. Then run "enq -d" to rebuild
qconfig.bin OR stopsrc -cs qdaemon ; startsrc -s qdaemon

> Now I have read in this newsgroup that it should work like this:
> edit queue in /etc/qconfig to right settings, start smit to digest the new
> settings

I don't believe starting smit doesn't run piodigest.

Best regards,
Paul

LAIX Software Consulting wrote:
> Edit /etc/qconfig. Change the hostname on the "backend =" line ONLY.
> Don't change the name of the queue or queue device. Then run "enq
> -d" to rebuild qconfig.bin OR stopsrc -cs qdaemon ; startsrc -s
> qdaemon

Hi!

I don't have any hostname or ip-address on the backend line.
Here I copy what I have in the /etc/qconfig file.

This is what I started from:
marjalj5:
device = @marjap
up = TRUE
host = marjap
s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixlong
rq = marjalj5
@marjap:
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak

Here is how I edited it:
marjalj5:
device = @marjap-dt
up = TRUE
host = marjap-dt
s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixshort
l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixlong
rq = marjalj5
@marjap-dt:
backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak

Should I just change the "host =" line? That sounds right, doesn't it?
Maybe I'll give it a try!

Regards,
Marko

On Fri, 7 May 2004 17:36:05 +0300, "Marko Hausalo"
<marko.hausalo@nic.fi> wrote:


>This is what I started from:
>marjalj5:
> device = @marjap
> up = TRUE
> host = marjap
> s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixshort
> l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixlong
> rq = marjalj5
>@marjap:
> backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak
>
>Here is how I edited it:
>marjalj5:
> device = @marjap-dt
> up = TRUE
> host = marjap-dt
> s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixshort
> l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/aixlong
> rq = marjalj5
>@marjap-dt:
> backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak
>
>Should I just change the "host =" line? That sounds right, doesn't it?
>Maybe I'll give it a try!

Marko

Yes, just change the host line. This will work.

Steven