From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Mon Dec 01 2003 - 16:16:23 EST
Mark,
Thanks so much - That information really helped.
With the help of a trace we found the firewall was changing the port number
from 1015 to 28031 which is of course out of the range of 721-1024.
We have our Telecom guys digging into now.
Thanks again,
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hunter, Mark" <Mark.Hunter@ANHEUSER-BUSCH.COM>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: lpd problems
> 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
> 6-0599
>
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