Cups authentication

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Sun May 22 10:12:01 PDT 2005


Anonymous wrote:
>>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?

Yes, because this is the outgoing side of things, and PAM only
handles the incoming side.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com




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