Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:16:38 +0000 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Cc: papowell@astart.com Subject: Bringing LPRng into FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20000621221636.A4137@kilt.nothing-going-on.org>
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Hi guys, I've just met up with Patrick Powell, author of LPRng, at Usenix. This message is cc'd to him, as he's not on the list, so please keep the cc: intact. LPRng is a replacement for the BSD spooling system. To quote from http://www.lprng.com/ LPRng [...] is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler [...] providing the same interface and meeting RFC1179 requirements the implementation [...] provides support for the following features: lightweight lpr, lpc, and lprm; dynamic redirection of print queues; automatic job holding; verbose diagnostics; multiple printers serving a single queue; client programs do not need to be SUID root; enhanced security checks; improved permissions and authorization mechanism. LPRng is distributed under the GNU and Artistic licenses. Patrick wants feedback on whether or not FreeBSD would be interested in adopting LPRng as our official LPR implementation, (src/contrib/lprng, presumably). I said I'd raise the issue on -arch, and then, not being much of a printer maven, step back while everyone talks the issue back and forth. Over to you. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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