[cups.general] Authentication GUI vs. CLI

[Henk.Roose at cwi.nl]

Michael,

Michael Sweet wrote:

> Henk.Roose at cwi.nl wrote:
> >Hey Guys,
> >
> >I have a simple question:
> >How can I enable authentication for say, removal of jobs via the
> >web GUI for a bunch of selected users without bothering the rest
> >with a username/password prompt everytime they try to lprm their
> >own jobs?
> >I have set up the appropriate stuff in cupsd.conf like Location /jobs
> >AuthType and Class and so on but I can't find a way to force 'normal'
> >behaviour on the command line.
> 
> If you use CUPS 1.2, the default behavior of the web interface will
> be to authenticate, while command-line users will not need to.
> 
> For CUPS 1.1, you can use:
> 
>     <Location /jobs>
>     <Limit GET>
>     AuthType Basic
>     Require valid user
>     </Limit>
>     </Location>
> 
> to achieve a similar effect.

This works for me.
Thanks a lot.

Henk

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Henk Roose
CWI - Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science
Amsterdam (NL)