Regeneration of certs/0
Phil Endecott
spam_from_cups_forum at chezphil.org
Sun Jul 3 07:00:14 PDT 2005
> > CUPS regenerates certs/0 every
> > 5 minutes. Why does it need to do that? Can I change it?
>
> It does that for better security. You can use the RootCertDuration
> directive in cupsd.conf to control how often the certificate is
> updated - the default is 300 seconds (5 minutes), but you can set
> it higher (86400 would be 1 day, for example) or to 0 to disable
> the updates entirely.
OK, great! Might be good to mention that in the "Authentication Using Certificates" section of the Software Administrators' Manual.
> FWIW, this question was just recently asked and answered in this
> forum...
Strange, I don't find anything when I search for "certs/0".
Thanks for your help.
--Phil.
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