git: c7460134fb26 - stable/13 - lpd: Add -F flag to prevent daemonizing
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Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:46:25 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by des:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c7460134fb26bd41ed8da0f666b445d705e4cff2
commit c7460134fb26bd41ed8da0f666b445d705e4cff2
Author: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-04-03 17:51:56 +0000
Commit: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-04 14:46:05 +0000
lpd: Add -F flag to prevent daemonizing
This is necessary for use with supervision, e.g. runit.
I chose -F simply because that is what the folks at LPRng use.
Approved by: pfg, gad, ngie
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D29566
(cherry picked from commit 3c6366067036d4573528309a0a4d3b52e2a76ae7)
---
usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 | 11 +++++++++++
usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8 b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
index dbd8ee9b797c..aaab2923fd48 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.8
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ This means that
will not accept any connections from any remote
hosts, although it will still accept print requests
from all local users.
+.It Fl F
+By default,
+.Nm
+will daemonize into the background.
+The
+.Fl F
+flag causes
+.Nm
+to remain in the foreground.
+Logging is still performed with
+.Xr syslog 3 .
.It Fl W
By default, the
.Nm
diff --git a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
index 21e8997bd87d..19456c9406df 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/lpr/lpd/lpd.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)lpd.c 8.7 (Berkeley) 5/10/95";
int lflag; /* log requests flag */
int sflag; /* no incoming port flag */
+int Fflag; /* run in foreground flag */
int from_remote; /* from remote socket */
int main(int argc, char **_argv);
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
errx(EX_NOPERM,"must run as root");
errs = 0;
- while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "cdlpswW46")) != -1)
+ while ((i = getopt(argc, argv, "cdlpswFW46")) != -1)
switch (i) {
case 'c':
/* log all kinds of connection-errors to syslog */
@@ -182,6 +183,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
syslog(LOG_WARNING,
"NOTE: please change your lpd config to use -W");
/* FALLTHROUGH */
+ case 'F':
+ Fflag++;
+ break;
case 'W':
/* allow connections coming from a non-reserved port */
/* (done by some lpr-implementations for MS-Windows) */
@@ -262,12 +266,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
WEXITSTATUS(status));
}
-#ifndef DEBUG
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ Fflag++;
+#endif
/*
- * Set up standard environment by detaching from the parent.
+ * Set up standard environment by detaching from the parent
+ * if -F not specified
*/
- daemon(0, 0);
-#endif
+ if (Fflag == 0) {
+ daemon(0, 0);
+ }
openlog("lpd", LOG_PID, LOG_LPR);
syslog(LOG_INFO, "lpd startup: logging=%d%s%s", lflag,
@@ -930,9 +938,9 @@ static void
usage(void)
{
#ifdef INET6
- fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsW46] [port#]\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsFW46] [port#]\n");
#else
- fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsW] [port#]\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: lpd [-cdlsFW] [port#]\n");
#endif
exit(EX_USAGE);
}