[cups-devel] Mac OS config file location

[Johan Bengtsson]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2019, Helge Blischke wrote:
>> Am 06.09.2019 um 10:12 schrieb Johan Bengtsson <elijah at chalmers.se>:
>> 
>> According to https://www.cups.org/doc/man-client.conf.html
>> 
>> "The client.conf file is deprecated on macOS and will no longer be supported in a future version of CUPS. Configuration settings can instead be viewed or changed using the defaults(1) command:
>> 
>> defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist Encryption Required
>> defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist TrustOnFirstUse -bool NO
>> 
>> defaults read /Library/Preferences/org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist Encryption
>> "
>> 
>> I'm running Mac Os Catalina, I cannot find /Library/Preferences/org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist
>> on this machine. Has it moved?
>> Is it still possible to use client.conf on the Mac for settings
>> regarding encrytion etc.
>> 
>> -Johan Bengtsson
>
> On my system (10.14.6 aka Mojave) a file named „org.cups.PrintingPrefs.plist“ does not exist. But 
> the defaults domain „org.cups.PrintingPrefs“ is known to the defaults system. For instance,
> the command
> defaults read org.cups.PrintingPrefs
> outputs

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Thank you, now I understand...!

-Johan Bengtsson