[cups.general] access list

Anonymous anonymous at easysw.com
Sat Sep 11 20:09:52 PDT 2004


Michael I forgot an important item.The users are on another system,that is a LDAP server,which the print server authenticates users.When I use the command below to add the group,it still does not print.

Ken



Michael Sweet wrote:
> Ken Johnson wrote:
> > Cups List,
> >
> > I have 100 students who need access to printers on the network. I also
> > have 100 who do not need access to the same printers. Can I make a text
> > file with the allowed names and have cups point to that file or do I
> > need to run the
> > lpadmin -p printer -u allow: command with 100 names each separated by a
> > comma?
>
> Setup a UNIX group, list the allowed users in that group, and then
> use "lpadmin -p printer -u allow:@groupname".
>
> (requires a recent version of CUPS, um, 1.1.19 and higher I think)
>
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