[cups.bugs] Problem with location and printer name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
> Has anyone noticed the name of the printer here is MyPrinter .......Trying to access it by typing MYPRINTER using caps
> is causing the error
> am I missing something here?
> wouldn't the problem consist of attempting to access a printer called MyPrinter and MYPRINTER have different access info?
> The only problem here is the name of the printer it needs to be in all caps or all lower case???   just a thought
>
>
> Helge Blischke wrote:
> > Michael Sweet wrote:
> > >
> > > Andres Adjimann wrote:
> > > >    I'm using cups-1.1.19-1 and have a printer named /printers/MyPrinter.
> > > > As I want users to authenticate with Basic Auth to use it, I have a
> > > > location entry in /etc/cupsd.conf:
> > > > <Location /printers/MyPrinter>
> > > > AuthType Basic
> > > > AuthClass User
> > > > Order Deny,Allow
> > > > Deny From All
> > > > Allow From 192.168.2.*
> > > > </Location>
> > > >    If a user tries to print to "MyPrinter" (using capital letters) lpr
> > > > ask for a username/password, but if he uses the name myprinter (in lower
> > > > case) the job is printed without asking for username and password.
> > > >    Is it a known bug ? How can i solve it....
> > >
> > > Hmm, not a known bug, but please file a STR against it at:
> > >
> > >      http://www.cups.org/str.php
> > >
> > > so that we can have it fixed in 1.1.21.
> > >
> > Hmm - I'm using 1.1.19 on at least four different systems (Unixware 7.1,
> > Solaris 2.5.1,
> > SunOS 4.1.4, several Linuxes) with printer names containing capital
> > letters and never had
> > problems like that ...
> >
> > Helge
> >
> > --
> > H.Blischke at srz-berlin.de
> > H.Blischke at srz-berlin.com
> > H.Blischke at acm.org
>
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