UNSHAREPRINTERS(1M)                                        UNSHAREPRINTERS(1M)



NAME
     unsharePrinters - stop sharing local printers with remote hosts.

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sysadm/privbin/unsharePrinters

DESCRIPTION
     unsharePrinters is a privileged command that disables the sharing of
     local printers by removing the .rhosts file for the "lp" user account.
     Additionally, if the "lp" account has no password, '*' is written into
     the password field for the "lp" account in /etc/passwd.  This prevents
     the "lp" account on other hosts from being able to rlogin(3C) to the
     local "lp" account, which disables printer sharing.

CAVEATS
     unsharePrinters will not succeed in disabling access to local printers if
     one of the files /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd contains entries
     other than "localhost".  hosts named in either of these files will be
     able to submit print jobs.  sharePrinters detects these cases and issues
     warnings to the system administration log, /var/sysadm/salog.

FILES
     /var/spool/lp/.rhosts     List of hosts which can rlogin to the lp
                               account.
     /etc/passwd               Database of user accounts.
     /etc/hosts.equiv          List of equivalent hosts.
     /etc/hosts.lpd            Remote access file for the bsd spooler,
                               lpd(1M).

SEE ALSO
     sysmgr(1M),  runpriv(1M), rlogin(1C), sharePrinters(1M), lpsched(1M),
     lpd(1M), hosts.equiv(4).























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