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[src/netbsd-1-5]: src/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd Pull up revisions 1.19-1.20 (via patch...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/4d7049ff271d
branches: netbsd-1-5
changeset: 491442:4d7049ff271d
user: he <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Thu Apr 26 12:49:12 2001 +0000
description:
Pull up revisions 1.19-1.20 (via patch, requested by wiz):
Cleanup Nm uses, add sections to cross references, and whitespace
fixes, and other fixes.
diffstat:
usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diffs (143 lines):
diff -r b484ab8fead3 -r 4d7049ff271d usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 Thu Apr 26 12:42:22 2001 +0000
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 Thu Apr 26 12:49:12 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: lpd.8,v 1.17 2000/04/10 08:09:33 mrg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: lpd.8,v 1.17.4.1 2001/04/26 12:49:12 he Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
.Dt LPD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm lpd
+.Nm
.Nd line printer spooler daemon
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ""
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
.Op Fl w Ar maxwait
.Op port
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Lpd
+.Nm
is the line printer daemon (spool area handler) and is normally invoked
at boot time from the
.Xr rc 8
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
The
.Fl l
flag causes
-.Nm lpd
+.Nm
to log valid requests received from the network.
This can be useful for debugging purposes.
.It Fl n
@@ -93,20 +93,24 @@
.It Fl r
The
.Fl r
-flag allows the ``of'' filter to be use if specified for a remote
+flag allows the
+.Dq of
+filter to be use if specified for a remote
printer. Traditionally,
.Nm
would not use the output filter for remote printers.
.It Fl s
The
.Fl s
-flag selects ``secure'' mode, in which
-.Nm lpd
+flag selects
+.Dq secure
+mode, in which
+.Nm
does not listen on a TCP socket but only takes commands from a
.Ux
domain socket.
This is valuable when the machine on which
-.Nm lpd
+.Nm
runs is subject to attack over the network and it is desired that the
machine be protected from attempts to remotely fill spools and similar
attacks.
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@
Second, if the
.Li rs
capability is specified in the
-.Xr printcap
+.Xr printcap 5
entry for the printer being accessed,
.Em lpr
requests will only be honored for those users with accounts on the
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@
after it has successfully set the lock for exclusive
access (described a bit later),
and scans the spool directory
-for files beginning with
+for files beginning with
.Em cf .
Lines in each
.Em cf
@@ -183,21 +187,23 @@
.It H
Host Name.
Name of the machine where
-.Xr lpr
+.Xr lpr 1
was invoked.
.It P
Person.
Login name of the person who invoked
-.Xr lpr .
+.Xr lpr 1 .
This is used to verify ownership by
-.Xr lprm .
+.Xr lprm 1 .
.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.
+Like
+.Dq f
+but passes control characters and does not make page breaks.
.It p
Name of a file to print using
.Xr pr 1
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@
File name.
The name of the file which is being printed, or a blank for the
standard input (when
-.Xr lpr
+.Xr lpr 1
is invoked in a pipeline).
.El
.Pp
@@ -266,11 +272,11 @@
using the
.Em LOG_LPR
facility.
-.Nm Lpd
+.Nm
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
+.Nm
uses
.Xr flock 2
to provide exclusive access to the lock file and to prevent multiple
@@ -283,7 +289,7 @@
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
+.Nm
for the programs
.Xr lpq 1
and
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