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Operating Systems AIX Remote printing from Linux to AIX Post 302313863 by sbaker on Wednesday 6th of May 2009 05:41:01 PM
Old 05-06-2009
Question Remote printing from Linux to AIX
Hello,

I am trying to setup remote printing from a Linux machine (Red Hat 5.3) to an AIX machine (AIX 5.3). Remote printing for "normal" print jobs is working out OK, but I'm having trouble with some AIX printers that have a user defined backend.

I turned on logging for lpd on the AIX machine. When lpd submits the job using enq, it includes the option "-fl". From the lpd debug log:

Code:
 
doit: exec enq cmd=[/usr/bin/enq -Plpd_test -r -tsbaker@MMIDS2.mmllc.moneymailer.com -Zsbaker@mmids2 -N1 -Tjobt_txt -o-fl /var/spool/lpd/dfA752MMIDS2.mmllc.mo.12416
39858.1364128 ].

I'm thinking it's a problem on the Linux side, because when I print from another AIX machine, there is no "-fl" included:

Code:
doit: exec enq cmd=[/usr/bin/enq -Plpd_test -r -tsbaker@venus -Zsbaker@venus -N1 -T/etc/motd /var/spool/lpd/dfA045venus.1241640013.1413176 ].

The "-fl" flag is getting passed to our backend process, which already has a -f option being supplied so it's failing. I can't find why/where the "-o-fl" is being submitted to enq, either on the Linux or AIX side. I can't seem to get detailed logging on the Linux side.

Any ideas on why/where this is coming from?

Thanks,

Sean.
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

in.lpd

in.lpd(1M)						  System Administration Commands						in.lpd(1M)

NAME

       in.lpd - BSD print protocol adaptor

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/print/in.lpd

DESCRIPTION

       in.lpd  implements  the	network  listening  service  for the  BSD print protocol specified in RFC 1179. The  BSD print protocol provides a
       remote interface for systems to interact with a local spooling system. The protocol defines five standard requests from the client  to  the
       server: starting queue processing, transfering print jobs,  retrieving terse status, retrieving verbose status, and canceling print jobs.

       in.lpd  is  started  from   inetd. See inetd(1M). inetd waits for connections on TCP port 515. Upon receipt of a connect request, in.lpd is
       started to service the connection. Once the request has been filled, in.lpd closes the connection and exits.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/printers.conf

	   System printer configuration database.

       printers.conf.byname

	   NIS version of /etc/printers.conf.

       printers.org_dir

	   NIS+ version of /etc/printers.conf.

       /usr/lib/print/bsd-adaptor/bsd_*.so*

	   Spooler translation modules.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpcu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       svcs(1), inetadm(1M), inetd(1M), svcadm(1M), printers.conf(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

NOTES

       The in.lpd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

       svc:/network/lp

       Administrative actions on this service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). Responsibil-
       ity for initiating and restarting this service is delegated to inetd(1M). Use inetadm(1M) to make configuration changes and to view config-
       uration information for this service. The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.10							    5 Aug 2004								in.lpd(1M)
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