[cups.general] Kerberos Integration

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Mon May 7 11:09:07 PDT 2007


Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> 
> On May 7, 2007, at 10:25 AM, Kessia Pinheiro wrote:
> 
>> I search for all information, but dont find how integrate cups to use 
>> Kerberos authentication. I ask in ##cups in freenode, but none reply. 
>> Anyone can give me a direction?!
> 
> CUPS doesn't currently have any Kerberos integration.  You can 
> authenticate against Kerberos by using PAM and installing appropriate 
> PAM modules, but there's no direct support for authenticating against a 
> ticket cache or GSSAPI / SPNEGO.

.... but this *is* coming in CUPS 1.3, where you should be able to
just use:

     DefaultAuthType Negotiate

to enable Kerberos support on your print server.

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