[cups.general] How to restrict the print access ?

v.sudeep at exgate.tek.com v.sudeep at exgate.tek.com
Tue Oct 12 05:06:11 PDT 2004


Hi !! 

Things you could try :

1. try setting the BrowseInterval to 0.  
2. Experiment with seeting Browsing itself to "no" and check if it prevents
all remote machines from printing...

Sorry !! could not be of much help.

Regards,
Sudeep V

Extn - 3482



-----Original Message-----
From: cups-bounces at easysw.com [mailto:cups-bounces at easysw.com]On Behalf Of
Tomas Davidek
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:56 PM
To: Mirror of cups.general Newsgroup
Subject: Re: [cups.general] How to restrict the print access ?


v.sudeep at exgate.tek.com wrote:

>Hi !!!
>
>I am no expert at this... but I was wondering if it would work if you used
>the "BrowseDeny" "BrowseAllow" and "BrowseOrder" parameters of the
>cupsd.conf file. 
>
>The problem with AuthType is that it is w.r.t to the http requests to the
>"jobs" and "printers" directory of the web admin only. This would allow
>printing to continue but will not allow browsing the pages
>"http://<ipaddress>:<portno>/jobs" and
>"http://<ipaddress>:<portno>/printers".
>
>Hope this helps...
>  
>
Thanks, but I am not sure I got the point. I tried to include the 
BrowseDeny and BrowseAllow options in the cupsd.conf (see attachment), 
but printing still works from any machine.

I can understand that putting the Deny or Allow commands into the 
recpective <Location ..> causes (non-)availability of the given http 
directory, but still don't know how to restrict the printing access ?

Any other idea, please ?

Regards
           Tomas Davidek





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