Printer interface file lost record of IP address

[Nisar Ahmad]

Hi There

By mistake I have replaced IP addrees with a wrong DNS entry in the interface file in /etc/lp/interface. Now I need the IP address.

Is there any way I can find out IP address.

Thanks in advance

Nisar

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

Do you perform full system backups? If you do, restore from your latest successful backup of /etc/lp/interface/xyz before your change.

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong

[Nisar Ahmad]

Hi

Some other way please as it was one month ago and bit hard to get backup tape.

Thanks

Nisar

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Nisar

try looking in the /usr/spool/lp/interface/printer name

there is a file over there which will either ahve the name or the IP adress depending on how it was created .Also you may have an entry in the /etc/hosts file .

All the best

Manoj Srivastava

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

If you've used SAM to save your spooler configuration at any point before this happened you can get those saved config files in /var/sam/lp/interface.
If that directory does not exist, I do not think any other way will do except for recovering those files from backup.

[Nisar Ahmad]

Thanks Everbody especially BANOJ

Nisar

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Nisar

But did it really help you as I see no points ?

Manoj