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

[pipitas]

Tomas Davidek wrote:

> Apparently, "Browsing Off" just turns off
> advertising the printers, but one can still print.

Correct

> I hope someone can provide me with some hints how to disable remote
> printing....

Putt in this section into cupsd.conf:

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<Location /printers>
  AuthType None
  # change AuthType as needed
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  Allow From localhost
  Allow From 1stHost
  Allow From 2ndHost
  # insert more settings as needed
</Location>
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You could even have s.th. like this:


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<Location /printers>
  AuthType None
  # change AuthType as needed
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  Allow From localhost
  # dont allow from any remote host
</Location>

<Location /printers/printername1>
  AuthType None
  # change AuthType as needed
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  Allow From localhost
  Allow From 1stHost
  Allow From 2ndHost
  # allow 2 remote hosts to print to printername1
  # insert more settings as needed
</Location>

<Location /printers/printername2>
  AuthType None
  # change AuthType as needed
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  Allow From localhost
  Allow From 3rdHost
  Allow From 4thHost
  Allow From 5thHost
  Allow From 6thHost
  # allow 4 remote hosts to print to printername2
  # insert more settings as needed
<(Location>
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Remember to restart cupsd to make the settings take effect.

> Regards
>                   Tomas

Cheers,
Kurt