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diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1e4677f --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,249 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)lpd.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt LPD 8 +.Os BSD 4.2 +.Sh NAME +.Nm lpd +.Nd line printer spooler daemon +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm lpd +.Op Fl l +.Op Ar port# +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Lpd +is the line printer daemon (spool area handler) and is normally invoked +at boot time from the +.Xr rc 8 +file. It makes a single pass through the +.Xr printcap 5 +file to find out about the existing printers and +prints any files left after a crash. It then uses the system calls +.Xr listen 2 +and +.Xr accept 2 +to receive requests to print files in the queue, +transfer files to the spooling area, display the queue, +or remove jobs from the queue. In each case, it forks a child to handle +the request so the parent can continue to listen for more requests. +.Pp +Available options: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl l +The +.Fl l +flag causes +.Nm lpd +to log valid requests received from the network. This can be useful +for debugging purposes. +.It Ar "port#" +The Internet port number used to rendezvous +with other processes is normally obtained with +.Xr getservbyname 3 +but can be changed with the +.Ar port# +argument. +.El +.Pp +Access control is provided by two means. First, all requests must come from +one of the machines listed in the file +.Pa /etc/hosts.equiv +or +.Pa /etc/hosts.lpd . +Second, if the +.Li rs +capability is specified in the +.Xr printcap +entry for the printer being accessed, +.Em lpr +requests will only be honored for those users with accounts on the +machine with the printer. +.Pp +The file +.Em minfree +in each spool directory contains the number of disk blocks to leave free +so that the line printer queue won't completely fill the disk. +The +.Em minfree +file can be edited with your favorite text editor. +.Pp +The daemon begins processing files +after it has successfully set the lock for exclusive +access (described a bit later), +and scans the spool directory +for files beginning with +.Em cf . +Lines in each +.Em cf +file specify files to be printed or non-printing actions to be +performed. Each such line begins with a key character +to specify what to do with the remainder of the line. +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It J +Job Name. String to be used for the job name on the burst page. +.It C +Classification. String to be used for the classification line +on the burst page. +.It L +Literal. The line contains identification info from +the password file and causes the banner page to be printed. +.It T +Title. String to be used as the title for +.Xr pr 1 . +.It H +Host Name. Name of the machine where +.Xr lpr +was invoked. +.It P +Person. Login name of the person who invoked +.Xr lpr . +This is used to verify ownership by +.Xr lprm . +.It M +Send mail to the specified user when the current print job completes. +.It f +Formatted File. Name of a file to print which is already formatted. +.It l +Like ``f'' but passes control characters and does not make page breaks. +.It p +Name of a file to print using +.Xr pr 1 +as a filter. +.It t +Troff File. The file contains +.Xr troff 1 +output (cat phototypesetter commands). +.It n +Ditroff File. The file contains device independent troff +output. +.It r +DVI File. The file contains +.Tn Tex l +output +DVI format from Standford. +.It g +Graph File. The file contains data produced by +.Xr plot 3 . +.It c +Cifplot File. The file contains data produced by +.Em cifplot . +.It v +The file contains a raster image. +.It r +The file contains text data with +FORTRAN carriage control characters. +.It \&1 +Troff Font R. Name of the font file to use instead of the default. +.It \&2 +Troff Font I. Name of the font file to use instead of the default. +.It \&3 +Troff Font B. Name of the font file to use instead of the default. +.It \&4 +Troff Font S. Name of the font file to use instead of the default. +.It W +Width. Changes the page width (in characters) used by +.Xr pr 1 +and the text filters. +.It I +Indent. The number of characters to indent the output by (in ascii). +.It U +Unlink. Name of file to remove upon completion of printing. +.It N +File name. The name of the file which is being printed, or a blank +for the standard input (when +.Xr lpr +is invoked in a pipeline). +.El +.Pp +If a file cannot be opened, a message will be logged via +.Xr syslog 3 +using the +.Em LOG_LPR +facility. +.Nm Lpd +will try up to 20 times +to reopen a file it expects to be there, after which it will +skip the file to be printed. +.Pp +.Nm Lpd +uses +.Xr flock 2 +to provide exclusive access to the lock file and to prevent multiple +daemons from becoming active simultaneously. If the daemon should be killed +or die unexpectedly, the lock file need not be removed. +The lock file is kept in a readable +.Tn ASCII +form +and contains two lines. +The first is the process id of the daemon and the second is the control +file name of the current job being printed. The second line is updated to +reflect the current status of +.Nm lpd +for the programs +.Xr lpq 1 +and +.Xr lprm 1 . +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/var/spool/*/minfree" -compact +.It Pa /etc/printcap +printer description file +.It Pa /var/spool/* +spool directories +.It Pa /var/spool/*/minfree +minimum free space to leave +.It Pa /dev/lp* +line printer devices +.It Pa /dev/printer +socket for local requests +.It Pa /etc/hosts.equiv +lists machine names allowed printer access +.It Pa /etc/hosts.lpd +lists machine names allowed printer access, +but not under same administrative control. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr lpc 8 , +.Xr pac 1 , +.Xr lpr 1 , +.Xr lpq 1 , +.Xr lprm 1 , +.Xr syslog 3 , +.Xr printcap 5 +.Rs +.%T "4.2 BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +An +.Nm +daemon appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. |
