Change username in job

[Dieter Schicker]

> > Dieter Schicker wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a small problem with cups. Before I begin let me say that I'm not a cups expert at all, just using (and loving) it. ;-)
> > >
> > > Let me explain:
> > >
> > > 1. I got a linux workstation that prints via cups to a print server
> > > running cups. I'm logged in as user "dilino".
> > > 2. In this linux workstation I have vmware running in NAT mode with
> > > Windows XP. It's a very downsized installation of Windows XP (we only
> > > need it for testing purposes with Internet Exploiter and some VB
> > > scripting) with only one user account named "labwin". This user gets
> > > logged in automatically in Win XP (because the authorization is already
> > > done in the underlying linux). For this user I added a printer with the
> > > following device URI "http://local.ip:631/printers/HP_Laserjet_8150" and
> > > tried to print.
> > >
> > > What happens until now is that the jobs arrives at the local linux spool
> > > and gets "forwarded" to the machine running the cups server
> > > under the username "labwin".
> > >
> > > => Question: Is there a possibility to "rewrite" the username from
> > > "labwin" to the linux user "dilino" (username can vary!) "on the fly" and then submit the job so that the job arrives at the print server with username "dilino".
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Many thanks in advance
> > > Dieter
> > Not by simple configuration. But you could set up a CUPS sever on your workstation and define
> > a raw "printer" that uses a shell(Perl/Python/ or whatever)-script as a backend that
> > simply executes a lp (or lpr) command as the user you want to sorward the print job
> > unchanged to your print server.
>
> Could you give me an example how to do that, please? It's enough when you point out the steps to get there, not a full explanation.
>
> I tried with this "FakePrinter" configuration, but I get the error:
> Raw printers cannot use file: devices!
>
> I assume what I'm trying to do here is complete nonsense ... ;-)
>
> <Printer FakePrinter>
> Info FakePrinter
> DeviceURI file://home/didi/fake.pl
> State Stopped
> StateMessage Raw printers cannot use file: devices!
> StateTime 1159038908
> Accepting Yes
> Shared Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> OpPolicy default
> ErrorPolicy stop-printer
> </Printer>
>
> Many thanks in advance
> Dieter

Ok, it works now. I modified the beh-backend according to my needs.

Thanks again,

Dieter