pprd.8


NAME

pprd - PostScript PRinter spooling Daemon


SYNOPSIS

pprd


DESCRIPTION

This command starts the PPR daemon. It is a setuid program owned by ``ppr''. The first thing this program does is check to see that the real user who invoked it is ``root'' or ``ppr''. If it is not, then pprd exits immediately.


FILES

PPRD uses the directories /usr/ppr, /var/spool/ppr, and /tmp. Its log is written in /var/spool/ppr/logs/pprd.

PPRD uses the program /usr/ppr/lib/pprdrv to do the actual work of printing a document. A log of printing done is written in /var/spool/ppr/logs/printlog if it exists and is writable by the user ``ppr''.


SEE ALSO

the ppop manpage (1), the ppr manpage (1), papsrv.conf(5), the lprsrv manpage (8), the papsrv manpage (8), the ppad manpage (8), the ppuser manpage (8) ``PPR, a PostScript Print Spooler'', and "Installing and Using PPR".


HISTORY

PPR was written at Trinity College during 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996. It was first released to the public on 26 April 1995.


AUTHOR

David Chappell, Trinity College Computing Center, Hartford, Connecticut.