1PSERVER(1)                          pserver                         PSERVER(1)
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NAME

6       pserver - NetWare print server
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SYNOPSIS

9       pserver [ -S server ] [ -h ] [ -U user name ] [ -P password | -n ] [ -C
10       ] [ -q queue name ] [ -c command ] [ -j job type ] [ -t timeout ] [  -d
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DESCRIPTION

15       pserver  is  a program that connects to print queues on NetWare servers
16       and feeds incoming print jobs to the Linux printing system.
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OPTIONS

20       -h
21          -h is used to print out a short help text.
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23       -S server
24          server is the name of the server you want to use.
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26       -U user
27          user is the print server name at the server.
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29       -P password
30          password is the password to use for the print server at the  server.
31          If  neither -n nor -P are given, and the user has no open connection
32          to the server, pserver prompts for a password.
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34       -n
35          -n should be given if the print server does not require a password.
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37       -C
38          By default, passwords are converted to  uppercase  before  they  are
39          sent  to the server, because most servers require this. You can turn
40          off this conversion by -C.
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42       -q queue name
43          queue name is the name of the print queue you want to service.
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45       -c command
46          When a job is received from the print queue, pserver forks off a new
47          process,  and  feeds the job file to stdin.  command is the printing
48          command that is executed for each job. The default command is 'lpr'.
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50          You can insert several flags into the command, preceded by %.  These
51          are  replaced with values retrieved from the queue structure for the
52          print job.
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54          %u: This field will be replaced by the name of the user  who  posted
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57          %d: This field will be replaced by the job description field of this
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60       -j job type
61          Each job in a NetWare print queue has a job type.  For  print  jobs,
62          this corresponds to the number of the form the job should be printed
63          on. You can tell pserver that it should only receive  jobs  for  one
64          specific  form  from  the queue. The default is -1, which means that
65          everything is received.
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67       -t timeout
68          Pserver is not informed by NetWare servers when new jobs arrive.  So
69          a  polling scheme has to be used. When there are no jobs to service,
70          timeout tells pserver how long to wait  between  two  requests.  The
71          default is 30 seconds. When a job is finished, pserver asks the Net‐
72          Ware server immediately for a new job, and  does  not  wait  timeout
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75       -d
76          Normally, pserver daemonizes itself.  -d tells it not to do so. This
77          is useful if you want  to  see  the  diagnostic  messages  that  are
78          printed when a error occurs.
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SEE ALSO

83       nwclient(5), slist(1), pqlist(1), ncpmount(8), ncpumount(8)
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CREDITS

87       pserver  was  written  by  Volker  Lendecke (lendecke@math.uni-goettin‐
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92pserver                           10/22/1996                        PSERVER(1)
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