[cups.general] access list

[Michael Sweet]

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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