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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] troff problem
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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:43:34 +0100
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> term% mntgen
> term% 9fs $fileserver
> term% troff -ms hello.ms | lp -dstdout > hello.ps
> mount: mount /n/batidaother: attach -- unknown user or failed authentication
> cannot mount /n/batidaother filesystem

This shows that lp expects a filesystem named ``other'' on the file server;
see /sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch and look for other.

Could the problem be that you use a real (non-kfs) file server
that does not have a filsys other?

Probably a fix would be to hack /sys/lib/lp/bin/lpscratch .


Axel. (who seems to remember encountering this problem too)