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From: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: restricted use of lpr
Date: 2 Jul 1995 21:52:54 GMT
Organization: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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In article <3ss8cr$loc@news.mtu.edu>, Brian A. Bucher <babucher@mtu.edu> wrote:
>The problem is that I want only a few specific users (the ones
>in the 'wheel' group) to have access to the lp* commands...

Add ":rg=wheel:" to your /etc/printcap entry for the printers you want
to restrict.

  Bill