forwarding credentials question

[Michael Sweet]

joel wrote:
> ...
> So basically, it's up to me to do some research and see if I can
> figure this all out. I'll continue reading these forums (i've already
> checked out some threads on CUPS), and google etc... but does anyone
> know if it's possible for me to forward my credentials, so that I can
> print on the network here in our dept?
 > ...

OK, *today* our recommendation is to not use SMB for remote printing,
but instead to use LPD or IPP when printing to a Windows server.  LPD
is trivial to setup (add the "TCP/IP Printing" service from the
Services control panel), and IPP isn't too bad if you already have
IIS installed and running.

If you must use smb, currently you must also pass a username and
password as part of the device URI for the queue, e.g.:

     smb://user:pass@workgroup/server/share

CUPS 1.3 adds support for better proxy authentication (you can pass
in foreign authentication information when you print) and for Kerberos
authentication (Active Directory in MS-speak).  The Kerberos support
is transparent as long as you also use AD/LDAP accounts on your
Fedora system.  The foreign authentication support will need some
additional help from the Linux desktop folks, since they need to
respond to the auth-info-required message that CUPS returns and
re-submit the job with the additional username, password, and (if
needed) domain.

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