[cups.general] Show all _my_ jobs

[Michael R Sweet]

bse wrote:
> In the web interface in cups 1.3.8, there is a tab 'Jobs' that shows all jobs in the system. I want to be able to let a user get a list of only his/hers own jobs. By doing this it is very easy to implement 'follow print', 'hold print' and a few other nifty things.
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> I have not found an option to do this. Is it just me that cant find it, is it done in 1.4, have anyone else done this, or should I start to write a few lines of code?

There is currently no way to do this; what you'd need to do is
require authentication for the entire web interface (so that the web
interface knows which user is "logged in"), and then the jobs list
could be restricted accordingly.  That said, this isn't ideal for a
"public terminal" setup (where there is a computer setup in the
printer area for users to monitor/control their jobs) since web
browsers remember authentication credentials all too easily...

That said, support for this may come in CUPS 1.5 as part of STR #2969
(Add per-object access controls for IPP policies); feel free to add
comments:

     http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2969

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer