Cups authentication

[Anonymous]

> This is simply not possible right now, because we have no way of
> retrieving or saving the authentication information in the backend
> other than via a hardcoded username and password in the URI.
>
> That is why we do not recommend using SMB for printing *to* Windows,
> and why all of the documentation says not to do it.
>
> You can use TCP/IP printing services (aka LPD) and IPP (via IIS and
> a /printers virtual directory) to print from CUPS to a Windows print
> server without requiring authentication; both methods will get the
> (unauthenticated) username from the CUPS system...
>
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> ______________________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> Internet Printing and Document Software          http://www.easysw.com


Even using PAM that's impossible?