CUPS 1.3

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Sat Jul 14 18:31:25 PDT 2007


Stefan Adams wrote:
> Where can I get more information regarding CUPS 1.3's support for
> LDAP?  I've seen only a few bits of information in Change logs, but
> nothing in-depth.  I still can't seem to understand the enhancement
> of LDAP support.  I understand the benefit of LDAP, I just can't
> understand CUPS's utilization of LDAP.  It someone could enlighten me
> or point me to some more detailed docs, that'd be GREAT!

There isn't a whole lot of documentation, but basically the current
LDAP support provides registration and lookup services for shared
printers.  It isn't actually used for printer configuration, just
for discovery.

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