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diff --git a/docs/manpages/testprns.1 b/docs/manpages/testprns.1 index f1c3d3ef020..bc1a27b198f 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/testprns.1 +++ b/docs/manpages/testprns.1 @@ -1,107 +1,90 @@ -.TH TESTPRNS 1 17/1/1995 testprns testprns +.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec +.\" from a DocBook document. docbook2man-spec can be found at: +.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> +.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, +.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. +.TH "TESTPRNS" "1" "28 January 2002" "" "" .SH NAME testprns \- check printer name for validity with smbd .SH SYNOPSIS -.B testprns -.I printername -[ -.I printcapname -] -.SH DESCRIPTION -This program is part of the Samba suite. - -.B testprns -is a very simple test program to determine whether a given -printer name is valid for use in a service to be provided by -.B smbd. - -"Valid" in this context means "can be found in the printcap specified". This -program is very stupid - so stupid in fact that it would be wisest to always -specify the printcap file to use. -.SH OPTIONS -.I printername - -.RS 3 +.sp +\fBtestprns\fR \fBprintername\fR [ \fBprintcapname\fR ] +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +This tool is part of the Sambasuite. +.PP +\fBtestprns\fR is a very simple test program +to determine whether a given printer name is valid for use in +a service to be provided by \fB smbd(8)\fR. +.PP +"Valid" in this context means "can be found in the +printcap specified". This program is very stupid - so stupid in +fact that it would be wisest to always specify the printcap file +to use. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +\fBprintername\fR The printer name to validate. -Printer names are taken from the first field in each record in the printcap -file, single printer names and sets of aliases separated by vertical bars -("|") are recognised. Note that no validation or checking of the printcap -syntax is done beyond that required to extract the printer name. It may -be that the print spooling system is more forgiving or less forgiving -than -.B testprns -however if -.B testprns -finds the printer then smbd should do as well. - -.RE - -.I printcapname - -.RS 3 -This is the name of the printcap file to search for the given printer name -in. - -If no printcap name is specified, -.B testprns -will attempt to scan the printcap file specified at compile time -(PRINTCAP_NAME). -.RE -.SH FILES -.B /etc/printcap -.RS 3 -This is usually the default printcap file to scan. See -.B printcap(5)). -.RE -.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES -Not applicable. - -.SH INSTALLATION -The location of the server and its support files is a matter for individual -system administrators. The following are thus suggestions only. - -It is recommended that the -.B testprns -program be installed under the /usr/local hierarchy, in a directory readable -by all, writeable only by root. The program should be executable by all. -The program should NOT be setuid or setgid! -.SH VERSION -This man page is (mostly) correct for version 1.9.00 of the Samba suite, plus some -of the recent patches to it. These notes will necessarily lag behind -development of the software, so it is possible that your version of -the program has extensions or parameter semantics that differ from or are not -covered by this man page. Please notify these to the address below for -rectification. -.SH SEE ALSO -.B printcap(5), -.B smbd(8), -.B smbclient(1) -.SH DIAGNOSTICS -If a printer is found to be valid, the message "Printer name <printername> is -valid" will be displayed. - -If a printer is found to be invalid, the message "Printer name <printername> -is not valid" will be displayed. - -All messages that would normally be logged during operation of smbd are -logged by this program to the file -.I test.log -in the current directory. The program runs at debuglevel 3, so quite extensive -logging information is written. The log should be checked carefully for errors -and warnings. - -Other messages are self-explanatory. -.SH BUGS -None known. -.SH CREDITS -The original Samba software and related utilities were created by -Andrew Tridgell (samba-bugs@anu.edu.au). Andrew is also the Keeper -of the Source for this project. - -The testprns program and this man page were written by Karl Auer -(Karl.Auer@anu.edu.au) +Printer names are taken from the first field in each +record in the printcap file, single printer names and sets +of aliases separated by vertical bars ("|") are recognized. +Note that no validation or checking of the printcap syntax is +done beyond that required to extract the printer name. It may +be that the print spooling system is more forgiving or less +forgiving than \fBtestprns\fR. However, if +\fBtestprns\fR finds the printer then +\fBsmbd\fR should do so as well. +.TP +\fBprintcapname\fR +This is the name of the printcap file within +which to search for the given printer name. -See -.B samba(7) for a full list of contributors and details of how to -submit bug reports, comments etc. +If no printcap name is specified \fBtestprns +\fRwill attempt to scan the printcap file name +specified at compile time. +.SH "FILES" +.TP +\fB\fI/etc/printcap\fB\fR +This is usually the default printcap +file to scan. See \fIprintcap (5)\fR. +.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" +.PP +If a printer is found to be valid, the message +"Printer name <printername> is valid" will be +displayed. +.PP +If a printer is found to be invalid, the message +"Printer name <printername> is not valid" will be +displayed. +.PP +All messages that would normally be logged during +operation of the Samba daemons are logged by this program to the +file \fItest.log\fR in the current directory. The +program runs at debuglevel 3, so quite extensive logging +information is written. The log should be checked carefully +for errors and warnings. +.PP +Other messages are self-explanatory. +.SH "VERSION" +.PP +This man page is correct for version 2.2 of +the Samba suite. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fIprintcap(5)\fR, +\fBsmbd(8)\fR, +\fBsmbclient(1)\fR +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +The original Samba software and related utilities +were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed +by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar +to the way the Linux kernel is developed. +.PP +The original Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer. +The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another +excellent piece of Open Source software, available at +ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/ <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 +release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for +Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter |