From: Hunter, Mark (Mark.Hunter@ANHEUSER-BUSCH.COM)
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 14:14:24 EST
>From IBM support site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1hintsTips0434
0781-201
0781-201 ill formed from address
Usually indicates source port numbers not in the range 721-1024.
RFC design for LPR/LPD printing.
Server was using port 7210. Fixed server code.
Interim Fix is available, also AIX 5 has a flag for this.
This usually means that some application other than rembak or other valid lpr
program is trying to contact the lpd.
Duplicate with tn prt_host 515
Must follow RFC 1179
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Thompson [mailto:bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 12:13 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: lpd problems
All,
I just recently started having a problem with a printer queue on one of my
AIX 4.3.3 servers.
This queue uses a custom backend to convert a postscript file sent from a
remote server into a PDF file on the AIX server.
All was working well until just recently. I'm pretty sure I know what
caused the problem, but I'm not sure how to fix it (or how to tell the
responsible people how to fix it).
The AIX server sets in a DMZ. The remote file comes from a server on the
other side of a firewall. The printer stopped working just after the
Telecom folks upgraded the firewall software.
I stopped lpd on the AIX server and restarted it with the "-D debug_file"
option. Every minute the remote server tries to send a print job to the AIX
box which generate the following three lines in the debug file:
lpd[46432] main: child process starts.....
lpd[46432] main: Terminate: 0781-201 ill-formed FROM address.
lpd[46432] main: Mon Dec 1 13:00:40 2003
My questions are 1) how can I find more information on the "0781-201"
error? and 2) what does "ill-formed FROM address" mean?
TIA
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
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