[cups.general] Problems with CUPS Error 401

Hartmut mailinglists at itmail.ath.cx
Sun Aug 10 02:31:52 PDT 2008


Michael Sweet wrote:
> Hartmut wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have the following config file and got the followed error.
>> Has anyone a clue what the problem could be?
>> The .15 IP is a Windows XP Client. Why is the client not authorized
>> (cupsdSendError: 8 code=401 (Unauthorized))? Printing works perfect.
> 
> Microsoft probably isn't sending a requesting-user-name attribute,
> and so CUPS is asking the Windows system for credentials.
> 

Hi,

have you a clue how i can solve this problem? In normal log mode the
logfile reach 1 MB after 30min. This is very annoying :(

Which request does Windows send. So i could configure this request
without authorization?


Greetings,
Hartmut





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