syntax error in printer name

Helge Blischke H.Blischke at srz-berlin.de
Sat Sep 4 06:57:51 PDT 2004


Kim wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm quite a novice at this all. I'm running a small lab and am looking to restrict user acces to some printers. The printer name as far as I can tell is Stylus_Photo_2200(FW:Standard_-_Minimize_Margins)
> 
> I have had success denying access to printers with simple names, but when I try to block this one I get the message:
> -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> 
> I realize this is probably like kindergarten to you all but I could could use some help.

As for bash: escape the "(" with "\", i.e. "\(", and do the same
for the closing bracket.

But I doubt IPP allows parens in printer names at all.

Helge

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