[cups.general] ~/.lpoptions file

[henri]

Hi,

You may want to have a look at PrintAgent : http://www.lucidsystems.org/printingworks/printagent

I am not saying there is no way you can make CUPS retrieve passwords  
from the ~/.lpoptions.
However, PrintAgent offers an alternative to storing the passwords in  
clear text in the home directory.

Although, the current version of PrintAgent, will still require each  
person to authenticate once, this would mean providing thier user name  
and password at least once. I am unsure of single single sing on  
support at this stage. But this happens in a web browser so the  
application will not need to support this printing option.

Finally, there is a common UNIX printing dialog project underway.  
Unfortunately, I am unsure of the current status or release date?

Hope this helps.


> I'm setting up a cups server which will do authentication (Basic or
> BasicDigest).
>
> Is there any way to save (i.e. hardcode) username and password in the
> ~/.lpoptions file on the user's home of client computers?
>
> I'm looking for this so users don't need to type passwords everytime  
> they
> print. I found some GNOME programs (if not all) having problem  
> prompting
> for passwords.