NAME

lpsad − Management Client daemon for Digital PrintServer printers
 
 

SYNOPSIS

lpsad −s [ −f ] [ −d level ] [ −u ]
lpsad −M name [ −f ] [ −d level ] [ −u ]
 
 

DESCRIPTION

lpsad is the Management Client daemon program that runs on a host to provide accounting, configuration, and/or event logging support to a PrintServer printer. In normal operation, one lpsad should be started at boot time for each printer, and it runs all the time.  If the printer needs to be restarted, lpsad will probe until its printer responds again, and will then re-establish the connection. 

lpsad is normally invoked only at system boot time with all other system daemons, and requires "root" privileges. 

Whenever lpsad is invoked, another daemon called lpsbootd(8) is automatically launched by lpsad to assist in booting any PrintServer printers defined on the local system.  The lpsbootd(8) daemon can service the BOOTP and TFTP requests from a PrintServer printer when the printer is trying to load itself from the network. 

If you would rather use the bootpd(8) and tftpd(8) daemons to perform the booting of a PrintServer printer, you must add the appropriate printer configuration information to the /etc/bootptab file.  To keep lpsad from automatically launching the lpsbootd(8) daemon, use the -u option. 

For more information, refer to the PrintServer Software Management Guide. 
 
 

OPTIONS

−sStart up all lpsad daemons defined for the local host. This is done usually at boot time via the appropriate system initialization file (such as /etc/rc.local on BSD UNIX, or /etc/rc2.d/xxx on System V UNIX). 

−MManagement Client name.  Start the daemon for the named Management Client as defined in the LPS Object Database, /etc/lpsodb. 

−fInhibit forking.  Normally an instance of lpsad will fork a child process and detach from the controlling terminal.  This option prevents that action. 

−dDebug level.  Enable extra log messages indicating the status of the daemon operation. 

−uDo not automatically launch the lpsbootd(8) daemon. 
 
 

SEE ALSO

lpsbootd(8), lpsrc(1), xlpsrc(1), PrintServer Software Management Guide
 
 

DIAGNOSTICS

All diagnostics are initially written to standard error. After logging has begun, standard error is redirected to the log file.  If a log file is not assigned, then the output is redirected to /dev/null. 
 
 

AUTHOR

Digital Equipment Corporation
 
 

NOTES

POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. 

  —  LPS V5.1  —  12 Feb 1995