rlpdaemon(1M) rlpdaemon(1M)
NAME [Toc] [Back]
rlpdaemon - daemon for queuing, displaying, removing and altering
remote spool requests and writing remote messages
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
/usr/sbin/rlpdaemon [-i] [-l] [-L logfile]
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
rlpdaemon is a LP daemon (spool area handler) for remote spool
requests. rlpdaemon is normally invoked at boot time from the
/sbin/rc file or started by inetd(1M), when necessary. rlpdaemon runs
on a system that receives requests to be printed. rlpdaemon transfers
files to the spooling area, displays the queue, removes jobs from the
queue, or alters jobs in the queue.
rlpdaemon is also used as a server process to write a message on the
user's terminal, upon receiving a request from a remote system.
Options [Toc] [Back]
-i Prevent rlpdaemon from remaining after a request is
processed. This is required if rlpdaemon is started from
inetd(1M). When rlpdaemon is invoked with this option,
error messages and valid requests received from the
network are logged to either /var/adm/lp/lpd.log or
logfile specified with -L option.
-l Cause rlpdaemon to log error messages and valid requests
received from the network to the file /var/adm/lp/lpd.log.
This can be useful for debugging.
-L logfile Change the file used for writing error messages and valid
requests received from the network to the file
/var/adm/lp/lpd.log to logfile.
When rlpdaemon is started by inetd(1M), access control is provided via
the file /var/adm/inetd.sec to allow or prevent a host from making
requests. When rlpdaemon is not started by inetd(1M), all requests
must come from one of the machines listed in the file /etc/hosts.equiv
or /var/spool/lp/.rhosts. When /var/spool/lp/.rhosts is used for
access, the user name should be lp.
The following entry should exist in /etc/services for remote spooling:
printer 515/tcp spooler
Control File Processing [Toc] [Back]
The lp subsystem expects that the control file associated with each
request contain the datafile line entry (starting with a lower case
letter) indicating the file to be printed, and an associated unlink
datafile entry (U entry). The actual filename (N entry) for this
datafile line entry can be above or below the datafile line entry. If
Hewlett-Packard Company - 1 - HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003
rlpdaemon(1M) rlpdaemon(1M)
multiple copies of a file has to be printed, for example n copies,
then the datafile line entry should be repeated n times in succession.
rlpdaemon may reorder or insert the U entries in the control file such
that the datafile line entry and the U entry will be in succession for
each file to be printed.
EXAMPLES [Toc] [Back]
To start rlpdaemon from /sbin/rc, invoke the command:
/usr/sbin/rlpdaemon
To start rlpdaemon from inetd, the following line should be included
in the file /etc/inetd.conf:
printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/rlpdaemon rlpdaemon -i
WARNINGS [Toc] [Back]
If the remote system is the same as the local system and rlpdaemon was
not started by inetd(1M), the local system name must be included in
file /etc/hosts.equiv.
AUTHOR [Toc] [Back]
rlpdaemon was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and
HP.
FILES [Toc] [Back]
/etc/hosts.equiv
/etc/services
/var/spool/lp/*
/var/adm/lp/*
/etc/lp/*
/usr/lib/lp/*
/var/adm/inetd.sec
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
enable(1), lp(1), lpstat(1), accept(1M), inetd(1M), lpadmin(1M),
lpsched(1M), rcancel(1M), rlp(1M), rlpdaemon(1M), rlpstat(1M).
hosts.equiv(4), inetd.conf(4), inetd.sec(4), services(4).
HP-UX System Administrator manuals
Hewlett-Packard Company - 2 - HP-UX 11i Version 2: August 2003 [ Back ] |
