authenticate CUPS user on linux, for printing via samba

[Dag Tore Antonsen]

In article <c5otpb$o4b$1 at dns.easysw.com>, Willi Braun <wi.braun at web.de> 
wrote:

> Herman B. wrote:
> > We have the following setup in our lab: an NT print server, and some linux 
> > boxes connected to it with SAMBA (3.0). I can print using CUPS, but only if 
> > I put my password in /etc/cups/printers.conf...
> > I also want to let different users on the linux boxes print on their own 
> > accounts, i.e., they should fill in an authentication popup window before 
> > they print, and the printing should not be billed on my account ony because 
> > my username and password are in printers.conf ...
> >
> > How do I do this?
> >
> > Herman
> 
> Hi Herman,
> 
> Have you found a Solution for this Problem, yet?
> I have the sama Problem. If you have a functioning solution, I will happy if 
> you email me.
> 

Same here. We have 50000 students at the University of Oslo who now have 
to pay for each printout they make. We therefore need secure 
authentication when printing. I mainly work with MacOSX, but we also 
have Linux and Windows machines with the same problem. If we can't get 
smb-printing to work properly without putting the username and password 
in printers.conf we need another solution. 

I was wondering if anyone have any suggestion to how we can do this (smb 
or otherwise)?

Feel free to email me at dagta @ mac.com if you want to discuss this 
further.

;)

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