[cups.general] Re: how to let users cancel their own jobs

[Anders Blomdell]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 05 November 2004 16:33, Griff Miller wrote:
> >pipitas wrote:
> >> Griff Miller wrote:
> >>>>How can I get rid of the password question, without enabling
> >>>>people to cancel other people's jobs?
> >>
> >> AuthTyp None
> >> AuthClass User
> >>
> >> ?
> >
> >Thanks very much for replying. However, this did not take care
> >of the problem. I made the change you suggested (AuthType None
> >instead of Basic) and restarted the server, and I still was
> >prompted for a passwd when I use the cups cancel command from
> >the command line. What else can I try?
> >
> >Griff
>
> Me waves hand for attention too.
>
> I'll second this one Griff, it doesn't work here from the web
> interface either, getting client-no-permission errors.  The conf file
> has been adjusted as above & service cups restarted.  So there must
> be more to it than that.

I have submitted a patch that does exactly that, see:

http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s34+gcups.development+Gcups+v43