lpadmin -d <printer> is ignored
Michael Sweet
mike at easysw.com
Wed Aug 11 05:22:31 PDT 2004
ekkard gerlach wrote:
> I tested lpadmin -d <printer> on two Suse8.2 machines
> but the command is alwas ignored. The command seems to be
> accepted (no message/ error reported) but lpstat -p -d
> reports: no system default destination
>
> pserver:~ # lpadmin -d laserpr
> pserver:~ # lpstat -p -d
> printer eps570rosset is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
> printer laserpr is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
> printer test is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00
> no system default destination
>
> I tested lpstat -d on two different machines. Where is
> the error?
The lpoptions default as well as the LPDEST and PRINTER environment
variables override the server default set with lpadmin. If either
points to a non-existing printer, then you'll get that message.
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