start/stop authorization for a single printer

[Helge Blischke]

Opher Shachar wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm using cups v.1.1.22 on RHEL4. I would like to allow a user to start/stop a specific printer without giving him the right to delete or modify the printer.
> 
> 
> As far as I know, this is not possible with CUPS 1.1.x. What is possible is giving a user unrestricted admin rights to CUPS.
> That was made possible in CUPS 1.2.x through the use of Policy.
> 
> 
>>I've looked at /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and found the following directive which looks like the starting point for what I want to achieve.
>>
>><Location /admin>
>>[...]
>></Location>
> 
> 
> Here you can grant a user access to the /admin location but, afaik, not authorization to do the task.
> Admin authorization is granted through the SystemGroup directive.
> (And again - unrestricted authorization)
> 
> I actually was confronted with the same issue and addressed it by installing a FedoraCore6 (has CUPS 1.2.4) machine and adding
>     ServerName <fc6 host name>
> to /etc/cups/client.conf on the RHEL4.
> 
> Cheers,
> Opher Shachar.

The following should work:

<Location /printers/name_of_the_printer?op=foo-printer>
....
</Location>

where foo is one of start or stop.

Helge

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