NAME
chkprintcap —
check validity of entries in the print
spooler database
SYNOPSIS
chkprintcap |
[-d] [-f
printcap] |
DESCRIPTION
Thechkprintcap utility scans a
printcap(5) database (named by the printcap
argument, or by default /etc/printcap), looking for
entries which are invalid in one way or another. The following checks are
currently implemented:
- ‘
tc=’ references were properly expanded - ‘
tc=’ references did not form a loop - No two printers share the same spool directory
(‘
sd=’ capability).
The chkprintcap utility exits with a
status equal to the number of errors encountered before processing stopped.
(In some cases, processing can stop before the entire file is scanned.)
If the -d flag is given,
chkprintcap will attempt to create any missing spool
directories, giving them ‘u=rwx,go=rx’
(0755) mode, group ‘daemon’, and the
owner specified by the ‘du=’
capability in the database (default 1, which corresponds to user
‘daemon’).
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
The chkprintcap utility was written by
Garrett A. Wollman
<wollman@lcs.mit.edu>.
BUGS
Not enough sanity-checking is done. At a minimum, the ownership and mode of the spool directories should also be checked. Other parameters whose value could cause lpd(8) to fail should be diagnosed.