[cups.bugs] ipp.c, Deviuce URI and cupsUser
Michael R Sweet
msweet at apple.com
Thu Apr 24 12:04:32 PDT 2008
Michael Collin Nielsen wrote:
> When using the ipp backend the sourcecode seems to allow URI's like:
>
> ipp://user@host/device
>
> The code in ipp.c parses the URI and sets cupsUser to the username suplied in the URI, however as far as I can see, then when creating the request, the requesting-user-name is taken from argv[2] not from cupsUser.
> Therefore it is not possible to alter the user using the URI. Is the the way it is designed to be or is it a bug ?
As designed.
The username in the URI (or as passed in via AUTH_USERNAME) is used
for authentication purposes. The requesting-user-name in argv[2] can
be different.
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Michael R Sweet Senior Printing System Engineer
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