printers.conf getting overwritten

[Richard Cooke]

Tim, again thanks for the info. I will looko at the Location entry in cupsd.conf

Rich
> 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.