[cups-devel] help me understand cups-files.conf

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Fri Jan 29 08:23:06 PST 2016


Greg,

The /usr/libexec/cups subdirectories are whitelisted, specifically so that existing open source filters and drivers can still be installed.


> On Jan 28, 2016, at 6:36 PM, greg sahli <greg.sahli at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm a complete newbie... and need to understand:
> OS X 10.11 El Capitan, CUPS 2.x, SIP workaround for open source CUPS filters/backends/drivers.
> In cups-files.conf, can I set the Directive ServerBin to /usr/local/cups, so I can install OpenPrinting's executables there? And then do I need to setup a "mirror" of /usr/libexec/cups there by creating all the directories identical to /usr/libexec/cups -- with links from /usr/local/cups back to the protected executables in /usr/libexec/cups?
> 
> This is just my first idea about how to do this -- I'd welcome any suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer




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