[cups.general] printers.conf getting overwritten

[Tim Waugh]

On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 12:56 -0500, Richard Cooke wrote:
> I tried setting up using http://localhost:631 on the server. That
> worked great as long as you were logged onto the server. Client
> machines could not access that printer though they could see the
> printer in their print manager.

Perhaps you need to add a 'Location' entry to cupsd.conf to 'Allow ALL'
for that printer.

> Do you know if printconf-backend has a "Virtual Printer" as I have
> seen described in these forums? I can only specify a locally
> connected, Networked CUPS (IPP), Networked Unix (LPD), Networked
> Windows (SMB), Netowrked Novell (NVP) or a Networked JetDirect types
> of queues using printconf-backend.

No, just the ones you see.  The version of system-config-printer you
have is not extensible I'm afraid.

Tim.
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