NAME
accept, reject — allow/prevent LP destination queuing requests
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/accept
destination ...
/usr/sbin/reject
[-r[reason]]
destination ...
[-r[reason]
destination ...] ...
DESCRIPTION
The
accept
command permits the
lp
command
(see
lp(1))
to accept printing requests for each named
LP printer or printer class
destination
queue.
The
reject
command causes the
lp
command to reject subsequent printing requests for each named
destination
queue.
Requests already queued will continue to be processed for printing by the
lpsched
scheduler (see
lpsched(1M)).
Use the
lpstat
command (see
lpstat(1))
to find the status of destination queues.
For an overview of LP command interactions, see
lp(1).
Options
The
reject
command can have the following option.
- -r[reason]
Specifies a string that is used to explain why the
lp
command is not accepting requests for a destination.
reason
applies to all
queues
mentioned up to the next
-r
option.
If
reason
or
-r[reason]
is omitted,
the default reason is "reason unknown
".
The maximum length of
reason
is 80 bytes.
reason
message of length greater than 80 bytes is truncated
to 80 bytes.
reason
is reported by the
lpstat
command and by the
lp
command when users direct requests to a rejected destination.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
The
LANG
variable determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If
LANG
is not specified or is set to the empty string,
it defaults to "C" (see
lang(5)).
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
all internationalization variables default to "C" (see
environ(5)).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported.
EXAMPLES
These examples assume you have a system with two printers named
laser1
and
jet2,
and one class named
lj
that includes both printers.
Example 1
To allow all destinations to accept print requests:
Example 2
To reject requests to the
lj
class destination, requiring users to choose a printer:
Example 3
To reject requests to the individual printer destinations,
requiring all requests to go through the class destination:
accept lj
reject -r"use the lj destination" laser1 jet2
WARNINGS
accept
and
reject
operate on the local system only.
FILES
- /etc/lp
Directory of spooler configuration data
- /var/adm/lp
Directory of spooler log files
- /var/spool/lp
Directory of LP spooling files and directories
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