Specifications

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Guide to Printers and Printing
• Saves the ACL Bind Password for the AIX Print Bind DN in the
/etc/ldapsvc/system.print file. The value of the ACL Bind password must be the same
as the one specified during the configuration of the Directory server.
• Undoes a previous client configuration if the –U flag is specified. This option replaces the
/etc/ldapsvc/system.print and /etc/ldapsvc/server.print files with the previous saved
copies of the /etc/ldapsvc/server.print.save and /etc/ldapsvc/system.print.save files.
The client–side configuration files /etc/ldapsvc/server.print and /etc/ldapsvc/system.print
are created to store information about the Directory server and ACL information; that is, the
IBM Directory server name, ACL information (printbindDN and printbindPassword), LDAP
port, and the directory context for print (required by the System V print subsystem). The
default printbindDN is ou=print,cn=aixdata and is used when the –d flag is not specified. If a
DN is specified with the –d flag, the print bind DN will be ou=print,cn=aixdata, <DN
specified>. The following are sample /etc/ldapsvc/server.print and
/etc/ldapsvc/system.print files:
Example of a /etc/ldapsvc/server.print file:
PRINTSERVER=server.ibm.com
LDAPPORT=389
PRINTBINDDN=ou=print,cn=aixdata
where:
PRINTSERVER is the host name of the system with the Directory server
LDAPPORT is the port number to bind to
PRINTBINDN is the ACL Bind DN and also serves as the directory context for print
Example of a /etc/ldapsvc/system.print file:
PRINTBINDPASSWD=ldap
where:
PRINTBINDPASSWD is the ACL bind password for the print subtree.
The ACL bind password specified with the –w flag during client setup should match the ACL
bind password value specified during server configuration. The print directory context is the
same as the printbindDN. The file permissions for the /etc/ldapsvc/server.print file are set
to 644 and the file is owned by root. The file permissions for the /etc/ldapsvc/system.print
file are set to 640. The file is owned by root and members of the lp group are allowed read
access to this file.
Server Flag Options
The following sections provide flag descriptions and examples for configuring
directory–enabled System V print.
Server–Side Options
Flag
Parameter Description
–a AdminDN Specifies the Directory (LDAP) administrator DN.
–d node DN [Advanced Option] – This option requires a valid existing node
DN on the directory under which the AIX information tree and
print subtree will be created.
–f The force flag is required by the mkprtldap command to force
the creation of the print subtree (and AIX information subtree if
needed) when one or more AIX information trees exist on the
directory.
–p adminpasswd Specifies the directory (LDAP) administrator’s password