[cups.general] allow users to cancel other users jobs

[pipitas]

Michael Sweet wrote:

> Erik Sjölund wrote:
>> I would like to allow the users at my working place to cancel
>> other users print jobs. But they should not need a password for this.
>> 
>> A situation we want to avoid is: Just before leaving
>> for the weekend one user submits a print job. The print job somehow
>> makes the printer hang. None with root access is present. Another user
>> that has a very urgent print job is then blocked from using the printer.
>> 
>> I saw a patch that could allow me to do this...
>> http://bostoncoop.net/adam/cgi-bin/weblog.pl?rightframe=linux
>> 
>> Am I forced to patch cups for getting this functionality?
>> 
>> Maybe I should file a feature request bug ...
> 
> Unnecessary; do the following steps:
> 
>      1. Create a group called "jobadmin" and list all users
>         that should be given these privileges.
> 
>      2. Add a "SystemGroup" line to the cupsd.conf file:
> 
>             SystemGroup sys jobadmin
> 
>      3. Replace the "AuthClass System" line for the /admin
>         location with:
> 
>             Require group sys
> 
>      4. Restart the cupsd process.

Shouldn't that "3." be

             Require group sys jobadmin

to also include that newly created group?

Cheers,
Kurt