qdaemon Command

Purpose

Schedules jobs enqueued by the enq command.

Syntax

qdaemon

Description

The qdaemon command is a background process (usually started by the startsrc command) that schedules printing jobs enqueued by the enq command.

Recommendation: To edit the /etc/qconfig file, use the chque, mkque, rmque, chquedev, mkquedev, and rmquedev commands or SMIT. Further, it is recommended to run these commands during slow or off-peak time.

If manual editing of the /etc/qconfig file is necessary, you can first issue the enq -G command to bring the queuing system and the qdaemon to a halt after all jobs are processed. Then you can edit the /etc/qconfig file and restart the qdaemon with the new configuration.

Security

Privilege Control: Only the root user and members of the printq group should have execute (x) access to this command.

Auditing Event	Information
ENQUE_exec	Queue name, job name, host name, file name, user name

Files

Item	Description
/usr/sbin/qdaemon	Contains the qdaemon daemon.
/var/spool/lpd/qdir/*	Contains the job description files.
/var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/fullmsg	Contains a flag file whose existence activates qdaemon messages to contain complete information.
/var/spool/lpd/stat/*	Contains information on the status of the devices.
/var/spool/qdaemon/*	Contains the temporary copies of enqueued files.
/etc/qconfig	Contains the configuration file.
/etc/qconfig.bin	Contains the digested, binary version of the /etc/qconfig file.