> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 20 17:07:19 2001 > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:00:20 -0500 (EST) > From: Alan Sundell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: socket in /dev vs. /var/run [was Re: LPRng: Interesting Packages...] > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Patrick Powell wrote: > > lpd: the SERVER. Accepts connections (from TCP/IP port 515, or in the > > next release, /dev/lprng <sigh...>), accepts requests and/or > > jobs from lpr, lpq, lprm, and lpc, and does the requested action. > > Perhaps I missed some part of the discussion about this (just joined the > list a couple of days ago), and I see you've made the path to the socket > an option to ./configure, but it might be nice to make the default > location of the UNIX socket something in /var/run. > > The FHS (if you care about the FHS) demands that transient sockets go > there. Even if you don't care about the FHS, there are a couple of good > reasons. If lpd is going to automatically create the socket, then > putting it in /var/run would make things work for people with / mounted > read-only, and putting it in a subdir of /var/run would allow the socket > to be created by a non-root-privileged daemon. > > I know there is some tradition of a /dev/printer, but I think NetBSD, > for instance, puts the socket in /var/run now. If it's not going to be > /dev/printer for compatibility, then it seems to me that it might as > well be in /var/run. People can always make /dev/printer a symlink and > retain the two advantages in the paragraph above. > > Not a huge issue, but I just thought I'd throw those thoughts in before > the current default gets established. > > --Alan
Excellent argument, and it is DONE! Default is now /var/run/lprng Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
