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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Linux
Commands
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-u allow:[@]name, -u deny:[@]name
Set user level access control. To specify a group instead of a
user name, preface the name with
@. You may also use the
special names all and none.
-v uri
Set the device universal resource indicator, uri. If given as a
filename, the command will automatically convert it to a file
URI.
lpinfo
lpinfo options
System administration command. Print information on available
printer devices and drivers.
Options
-E Force the use of encryption connecting to the server.
-l Show a long, or verbose, listing.
-m List available printer drivers.
-v List available printer devices.
lpmove
lpmove [option] job destination
System administration command. Move the specified print job to a
new destination.
Option
-E Force the use of encryption connecting to the server.
lpq
lpq [options] [+interval]
Check the print spool queue for status of print jobs. For each job,
display username, rank in the queue, filenames, job number, and
total file size (in bytes). We document the CUPS printing system
here; other versions will vary slightly.
Options
-a Report on all printers listed in the server’s printcap database.
-E Use encryption when connecting to a print server.
-l Verbose mode. Print information about each file composing a
job. Use -l multiple times to increase the information ...
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