Hello Patrick, Here is an interesting but strange idea. Something for those times when you wonder what wackyness you can get lprng to do in your spare moments :)
Needless to say, while the idea has merit, occassional users probably should use something more lightweight. ref: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=199094 Dmitry Rutsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> reported: > I think there should be a way to start the daemon only when it is needed. Of > course, constant run is completely acceptable for servers, but for a home > computer, where printing is occasional and rare, most of the time it is just > a redundant process slot, about 350K of virtual memory and bootup entry. Not > very much to worry about, though. > > I couldn't figure out how to do it from the lprng documentation. AFAIK, all > thegood daemons which perform server functions for occasional tasks can run via > inetd; lpd doesn't seem to be able to do so. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE Debian developer csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org debian.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
