CUPS Security...

[Russ Fineman]

Andrew McCall wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have been using CUPS for a few months now and I think its a fantastic
>   printing system.
> 
> At the moment I have to use my root username and password to administer
> the printers on the systems CUPS is running on - this is the same no
> matter what OS CUPS is running on.
> 
> How can I set it so there is a "Printer Administrator" that has access
> to administer the printers, but nothing else?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andrew McCall

If you look at the man page for lppasswd you can delete an administrator and
add a new one. That should do what you want if I'm not mistaken.
-- 
Russ