CHKPRINTCAP(8) BSD System Manager's Manual CHKPRINTCAP(8)NAME
chkprintcap — check validity of entries in the print spooler database
SYNOPSIS
chkprintcap [-d] [-f printcap]
DESCRIPTION
The chkprintcap 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 cur‐
rently implemented:
1. ‘tc=’ references were properly expanded
2. ‘tc=’ references did not form a loop
3. No two printers share the same spool directory (‘sd=’ capabil‐
ity).
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 ALSOlpr(1), printcap(5), lpd(8)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.
BSD November 30, 1997 BSD
