rlprd is a proxy which runs between the remote printing commands
(rlpr(1), rlpq(1), and rlprm(1)) and standard
lpd print servers in situations where the remote printing
commands cannot be installed setuid root. For a discussion on how to
configure the remote printing commands, please see rlpr(1).
rlprd needs to be installed setuid root - if it cannot be run this
way, it is useless.
rlprd works by mapping non-privileged port requests from
rlpr(1) clients to privileged ports so that lpd's will
listen to them. Eliminating the "security" gained by having
privileged ports is a non-issue, since the Internet is no longer just
Unix, and Unix is the only OS that has the privileged port concept.
rlprd is not a replacement for lpd(8). It merely
passes data to a lpd(8) on a target machine (which is specified
by an invocation of a remote printing command). However, when
a client is using the rlpr suite of tools to do remote printing,
the client does not need to run an lpd(8) locally.
Note that once an rlprd is set up on a network (including the
Internet), any host may connect to it and use its proxy services if it
knows the name of the machine running it.
OPTIONS
--debug
Print gobs of debugging information.
-n, --no-daemon
Don't run rlprd as a daemon. Usually not needed.
-p, --port=number
Select an alternate port (instead of 7290) to listen on. Usually not
needed.
-q, --quiet, --silent
Quiet mode - stay quiet (except for fatal errors).
-t --timeout=seconds
Set the inactivity timer. If the connection hangs for more than
seconds seconds, then rlprd will time out the connection.
Use the special value `-1' to wait forever. Default timeout is 3
seconds.