LPRng Installation Patrick Powell Last Updated Sun Aug 19 14:49:25 PDT 2001 SUPER EXPRESS INSTALLATION FOR TERMINALLY IMPATIENT SYSADMINS The "STANDARD configuration" is the most common configuration for UNIX/LINUX systems: - /etc/printcap, /etc/lpd.conf, /etc/lpd.perms configuration files - executables in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin - you do not need any include files from /usr/local/include or libraries from /usr/local/lib - no Kerberos support ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc make clean all (as root): make install checkpc -f CAVEATS and WARNINGS: The LPRng software requires an ANSI C compiler and a make utility that is compatible with Gnu Make (verson 3.73 or later) or FreeBSD 4.2 or later. LPRng is compiled and tested using GCC and Gnu Make. It uses libtool to create a shared library on systems where this is supported. INCLUDE FILES AND LIBRARIES If you are using GETOPT or Kerberos you may need to extend the search paths for include files and libraries as shown below: --with-ldopts="-L/usr/local/lib" \ --with-cppopts="-I/usr/local/include" OR (for example) --with-ldopts="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/krb5" \ --with-cppopts="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/krb5" Solaris Users: You can get precompiled versions of the GCC compiler and GNU Make from: www.sunfreeware.com The LPRng code has NOT been tested with the Sun Microsystems compilers, and NOT been tested with 64 bit support enabled. Your PATH environment variable MUST repeat MUST have /usr/local/bin FIRST followed by /usr/ccs/bin: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:$PATH If you have ANY problems with compilation, and you are NOT using a 'clean' GCC installation, please install GCC from a package (see http://www.sunfreeware.com) or recompile gcc and reinstall it. Make sure that the include files are correct for your version of Solaris. In fact, I recommend that you do the compilation on a 'clean' machine that has nothing but a 'virgin' Solaris Install + utilities BEFORE reporting problems. You have been warned. HPUX Users: See the following site for precompiled GCC and other tools: http://hpux.cae.wisc.edu/ I STRONGLY recommend installing GCC and using GCC, especially on HPUX 9.X and 10.X. Make sure that your include files are the correct ones for your particular OS. If you use the native or HP provided C compiler, you will need to add some additional flags to allow ANSI C compatibility. The -Aa and -Ae are candidates, but you will have to check your particular compiler for details. Ryan Novosielski suggests that for HP-UX 11.0 and 11.11 you may need to use --with-linker=/usr/bin/ld You have been warned. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WARNING FOR THE SANITY OF SYSADMINS It is extremely dangerous to use NFS mounted file systems for spool directories. The LPRng system depends on file locking for process coordination and synchronization. Given the historical evidence of problems with file locks and NFS, not to mention the terrible performance impact, it is strongly recommended that you use a local file system for your spool directories. You have been warned. SYSTEM STARTUP SCRIPTS The software install procedures will attempt to create and install a startup script for the following systems: FreeBSD: /etc/rc.conf The installation procedures will stop the LPD print spooler, update the /etc/rc.conf file, and restart the LPD print spooler. RedHat Linux: RedHat /etc/init.d/lprng The chkconfig utility will be used to set up LPRng to run at level 345. Solaris: /etc/inetd.conf, /etc/init.d/lprng.sh Removes the 'printer' entry from /etc/inetd.conf file Also puts a startup script in /etc/init.d and creates link to script in /etc/rc2.d. LINUX, System V, Solaris: The print services startup file is in /etc/rc.d/init.d (or /etc/init.d) and symbolic links are made to it from the rc.d directories. The links usually have the form NNNname, e.g.- 322lpr, where the NNN is the order that the script is to be executed relative to the other scripts and the 'name' is the name of the script in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. At startup time the script is invoked with the 'start' option and at shutdown time with the 'stop' option. The following script shows an example of how this is used. #!/bin/sh case "$1" in start) # Start daemons. /usr/bin/echo "Starting lpd: \c"; /usr/local/bin/lpd; /usr/bin/echo ""; ;; stop) # Stop daemons. /usr/bin/printf "Shutting down lpd: " pkill lpd /usr/bin/echo "done" ;; *) echo "Usage: lpd {start|stop}" ;; esac Other distributions: You will have to hand install startup scripts. See the sample startup scripts on your system and modify them appropriately. Usually all that is done is to change the path to the lpd program or lpsched program to use the LPRng lpd server. CONFIGURATION The configure (autoconf) utility is used to specify the location of files and run time options for the LPRng software. configure (autoconf) defaults for files and directories: ${prefix} - default is /usr/local ${exec_prefix} - default is ${prefix} ${bindir} is usually ${exec_refix}/bin, (/usr/local/bin) ${sbindir} is usually ${exec_prefix}/sbin (/usr/local/sbin) ${libdir} is usually ${exec_prefix}/lib (/usr/local/lib) ${libexecdir} is usually ${exec_prefix}/libexec (/usr/local/libexec) ${sysconfdir} is usually ${prefix}/etc (/usr/local/etc) ${mandir} is usually ${prefix}/man (/usr/local/man) CONFIGURATION FILES: We install a sample lpd.conf, lpd.perms, and printcap in ${sysconfdir}/lpd.conf.sample, lpd.perms.sample, and printcap.sample; we make copies of the sample files to lpd.conf, lpd.perms and printcap respectively. EXECUTABLES AND SHARED LIBRARIES: (* indicates SETUID root permissions) ${bindir}/ lpr*, lprm*, lpq*, lpstat* ${sbindir}/lpc*, checkpc, lpd ${libdir}/liblpr.so, liblib.a ${libexecdir}/filters/ lpf, banner, etc ${sysconfdir}/ lpd.conf, lpd.perms, printcap ${mandir}/ man pages i.e. - /usr/local/bin/{lpr, lprm, ... } /usr/local/sbin/{lpd, checkpc, lpc ... } /usr/local/libexec/filters/{lpf, banner, etc } STANDARD OR HISTORICALLY COMPATIBLE FILE LOCATIONS: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc i.e. - /etc/printcap, /etc/lpd.conf, /etc/lpd.perms /usr/local/bin/{lpr, lprm, ... } /usr/local/sbin/{lpd, checkpc, lpc ... } /usr/local/lib/{liblpr.so, liblpr.a, ... } /usr/local/libexec/filters/{lpf, banner, etc } CONFIGURATION OPTIONS In addition to the --prefix, etc., mentioned above, there are several more you can use: COMPILATION: --with-cc=COMPILER select compiler to use --with-linker=LINKER select linker to use --with-ldopts=LDFLAGS linker command line options --with-cppopts=CPPFLAGS compiler preprocessor command line options --with-ccopts=CFLAGS compiler command line options (use cppopts unless strictly for compiler) --disable-strip do not strip binaries --enable-shared[=PKGS] build shared libraries [default=yes] --enable-static[=PKGS] build static libraries [default=yes] --enable-fast-install[=PKGS] optimize for fast installation [default=yes] --with-gnu-ld assume the C compiler uses GNU ld [default=no] --disable-libtool-lock avoid locking (might break parallel builds) --with-pic try to use only PIC/non-PIC objects [default=use both] --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR search for libiconv in DIR/include and DIR/lib FILE LOCATIONS: --with-lpddir=DIR lpd executable directory (default ${sbindir}) --with-lpd_conf_path=PATH lpd.conf location (default: ${sysconfdir}/lpd.conf) --with-lpd_perms_path=PATH lpd.perms location (default: ${sysconfdir}/lpd.perms) --with-printcap_path=PATH printcap location (default ${sysconfdir}/printcap) --with-lpd_printcap_path=PATH lpd_printcap location (default- not used ) --with-lockfile=PATH lockfile PATH, default /var/run/lpd --with-ld_library_path=PATH subprocess LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (default: /usr/lib:/usr/local/lib) --with-filter_path=PATH subprocess PATH environment variable (default: /usr/bin:/usr/local/bin) --with-filterdir=DIR filter directory (default ${libexecdir}/filters) --with-unix_socket_path=DIR unix socket path (default /dev/lprng) OPERATION: --disable-setuid disable setuid root client and server executables --disable-unix_socket use unix socket for localhost connections --enable-priv_ports require connections to be from privileged ports --disable-force_localhost disable force_localhost default --disable-require_configfiles client programs will not require lpd.conf --enable-kerberos enable kerberos support --enable-mit_kerberos4 enable MIT Kerberos 4 support --disable-kerberos_checks disable kerberos library location and checking for support --with-userid=NAME lpd runs as this userid, default daemon --with-groupid=NAME lpd runs as this userid, default daemon --with-chooser_routine=NAME load balance queue chooser routine name in user object file --with-order_routine=NAME queue order routine name in user object file --with-user_objs=NAME user specified object file --with-user_include=NAME include file with function prototypes for user object file CREATE AND INSTALL EXECUTABLES AND LIBRARIES ./configure [ configuration options ] make clean all; su # you must do the following commands as root make install ./src/checkpc -f STARTING LPD SERVER AND CHECKING CONFIGURATION Use the following command to check to see that the LPD server is running on the localhost: #> lpc -s localhost lpd If it has not been started, then you can start it by hand: #> /usr/sbin/lpd INSTALLATION PROBLEMS If the installation step did not install the executables in the correct location or there are other problems, use the following procedures to fix up the install: # kill off the old server On BSD: kill `ps -aux |grep lpd | awk '{print $2}'` On System V: kill `ps -e |grep lpd | awk '{print $1}'` You should remove or rename the original lpd binaries if they have are still present: mv /usr/lib/lpd /usr/lib/lpd.old ln -s /usr/local/bin/lpd /usr/lib/lpd # you might want to track down the old lpr, lpq, lprm binaries find /usr -type file -name lp\* -print >/tmp/candidates find /sbin -type file -name lp\* -print >>/tmp/candidates # Examine the /tmp/candidates file, and remove or rename the # non-LPRng versions of the programs # remove or rename the candidate files /usr/local/sbin/lpd; # start up LPD OR /usr/sbin/lpd; # start up LPD OR /????/lpd # start up LPD lpq; # test it with LPQ If you are running on Solaris, see the Solaris section in the LPRng-HOWTO for further instructions on integration with the LP subsystem. PRINTCAP FILES: Read the comments in the /etc/printcap.sample for details on how to set up a simple set of printcap entries. You may also want to read the LPRng HOWTO documentation. SECURITY WARNINGS: The default configuration for LPRng allows connections from any port while a strict RFC1179 implementation would require connections only from a port in the range 721-731. Relaxing this restriction allows non-setuid root clients (lpr, lpq, etc) to connect to the LPRng server. The following is the default LPRng system installation: 1. All client programs are installed Setuid Root. 2. No checking is done for strict RFC1179 conformance by the lpd server 3. By default, all client programs will connect to the server on the local host (force_localhost configuration option). This configuration allows you to connect directly to non-LPRng systems using the LPRng clients, and to have the maximum flexibility with the least amount of system configuration problems. You can modify the /etc/printcap file, and set 'force_localhost@' to send jobs to a remote print server which requires connections to originate from a privileged port. The described configuration has the drawback of having SETUID clients, which is regarded as dangerous . A more cautious approch is to use the following: 1. No LPRng programs are installed Setuid Root (configure --disable-setuid) 2. All clients communicate directly to the server on the localhost. (i.e. - force_localhost is used) 3. The server is started are system initialization time by root and it is the only program that opens a connection to a remote print spooler. This now reduces the problem to a much more manageable level. If you are truly paranoid then you should read the LPRng HOWTO section on Authentication, and add either PGP or Kerberos authentication to your system. KERBEROS: LPRng uses the MIT Kerberos 5 distribution and provides backwards compatibility with the MIT Kerberos 4 print support system. 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