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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!noc.nyx.net!nyx10.cs.du.edu!not-for-mail From: dwatson@nyx10.cs.du.edu (darryl watson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Printer socket broken Date: 9 May 1997 12:51:11 -0600 Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <5kvrmv$ec5@nyx10.cs.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nyx10.nyx.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6843 Hi all! I have BSDI 2.0 w/ patches, and a unix socket file that lpd depends on has dissappeared from my system. /var/run/printer is the socket lpr and other programs use to connect to lpd. I managed to crash my system while a program was using the printer socket, and when the system came back up, the socket file was gone. :( I have the feeling that there is a command I can type to recreate this file, but have been through all my manuals and MAN pages, and haven't got a clue as to what to do next. We are going to try a restore from a full backup dump, but I have a feeling that ain't gonna do it for us. Does anyone know how to recover from this situation? Any help appreciated! Please email dwatson@entertain.com. Thanks.