Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:05:18 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org>, ohartman@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LPD problems in 4.4-STABLE Message-ID: <200109202205.f8KM5I712189@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:01:53 PDT." <200109182102.f8IL29h65842@cwsys.cwsent.com> References: <200109182102.f8IL29h65842@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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In message <200109182102.f8IL29h65842@cwsys.cwsent.com> Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group writes: : RFC 1179 states that LPD connections should originate from ports : 721-731. I know of only one LPD, MVS TCP/IP Print Services, that : enforces this. I think it's fine to have an LPD option or options that : allows print to come from non-standard ports, e.g. < 1024 or any port, : however should LPR/LPD conform to the standard? Having said that, all : UNIX systems I've worked on, except for AIX, do not completely adhere : to the RFC, hence printing from non-conforming systems would definitely : break. One thing to keep in mind about the lpd RCF is that it was written by someone who was working on TCP/IP for DOS. He didn't document lpr/lpd as it existed, but took some liberties to make his job easier. So the full force of this RFC isn't all that great. /me used to work with Leo. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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