prtglobalconfig File

Purpose

Configures global configurations for AIX® printing subsystem.

Description

The /etc/prtglobalconfig file describes the global printing configurations available for use which a root user or a user with proper privileges can set.

This file stores the configuration which affects the AIX printing sybsystem. Any authorized user can configure the settings pertaining to printing subsystem. Currently only one property of the printing subsystem can be set using this command. This file consists of <name>=<value> pair. The name is the setting and the value is the corresponding value for the setting. The following list shows the setting which can be set using this file.
  1. ERRMSGCONTROL
This setting affects the global printer message. This setting can be used to select one of the following.
  1. ALLON (All messages turned on).
  2. LOGALL (All messages turned on, but logged to a log file). Currently not supported.
  3. CRITON (Only the most critical error messages turned on). Currently this is the same as option 1.
  4. ALLOFF (All messages turned off).

Examples

  1. The file might contain the following to suppress all printer error messages: 
    ERRMSGCONTROL=ALLOFF
    Note: Some messages generated by the printing subsystem cannot be ignored and are logged in the console log file.

Files

Item Description
/etc/prtglobalconfig Contains the global configuration file.
/etc/prtglbconfig Contains the program which can be used to configure the global printer configuration.
/dev/null Provides access to the null device.
/etc/qconfig Contains the configuration file.
/etc/qconfig.bin Contains the digested, binary version of the /etc/qconfig file.