RLPDAEMON(1M) — HP-UX

NAME

rlpdaemon − remote spooling line printer daemon

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/rlpdaemon [ −i ] [ −l ] [ −L logfile ]

DESCRIPTION

Rlpdaemon is a line printer daemon (spool area handler) for remote spool requests. Rlpdaemon is normally invoked at boot time from the /etc/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, or removes jobs from the queue.

Options

−i Prevent rlpdaemon from remaining after a request is processed. This is required if rlpdaemon is started from inetd(1M).

−l Cause rlpdaemon to log error messages and valid requests received from the network to the file /usr/spool/lp/lpd.log. This can be useful for debugging.

−L logfile Change the file used for writing error conditions from the file /usr/spool/lp/lpd.log to logfile.

When rlpdaemon is started by inetd(1M), access control is provided via the file /usr/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.

The following entry should exist in /etc/services for remote spooling:

printer515/tcpspooler

EXAMPLES

To start rlpdaemon from /etc/rc, invoke the following command:

/usr/lib/rlpdaemon

To start rlpdaemon from inetd, the following line should be included in the file /etc/inetd.conf:

printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/rlpdaemon rlpdaemon -i

AUTHOR

Rlpdaemon was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

DEPENDENCIES

Series 300 Diskless
In a clustered environment, all printers are attached to the rootserver and all spooling is handled as if the cluster were a single system. Remote spooling applies to spooling from or to machines outside of the cluster.

FILES

/etc/hosts.equiv
/etc/services
/usr/spool/lp/*
/usr/adm/inetd.sec

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