[cups.general] Username in printers.conf?

[Till Kamppeter]

At least with some backends (perhaps alo with all, Mike?) you can add 
the user name (and also a password) to the hostname in the URI:

If you have

backend://hostname/...

in your printers.conf, you should try replacing it by

backend://username@hostname/...

or

backend://username:password@hostname/...

Note that in the second for printers.conf contains a clear-text 
password, take care that it is not world-readable then.

    Till


didi at ling.uni-graz.at wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with printing to a netware queue from cups. I have to supply a username of the form ".username.CONTAINER.CONTAINER" to be able to print to the netware ipp-system.
> 
> When I issue
> 
> lpr -P printer -U .username.CONTAINER.CONTAINER somefile
> 
> everything works fine.
> 
> So, my question is: Can I define a special username for a printer somewhere in printers.conf or somewhere else?
> 
> Thanks in advance and greetings
> Didi
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