[cups.general] CUPS and Equitrac UNIX print server implementation

[Rick Cochran]

I did a bit of research into using Kerberized CUPS.  I concluded:

1. If the print job is to be handled by the local spooler, the local spooler 
must have its own service principal.  This is utterly impractical.

2. In order for the print job to bypass the local spooler, there must be a 
"ServerName" directivein /etc/cups/client.conf or ~/.cups/client.conf.  This 
creates two problems: The ServerName directive applies to _all_ printers, 
eliminating the possibility of, say, a directly attached printer.  And I suspect 
that the print job would not go through the local CUPS filters, requiring that 
all the necessary filters be present on the server, and moving some processing 
load to the server.

I concluded that Kerberized CUPS is not practical for our needs at this time.

I hope someone will correct me if any of the above is incorrect.

-Rick

Anders BXXck wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> I have a question whether anyone here has made a implementation with CUPS and
> the Equitrac Express print quota system ?
> 
> We have implemented a print solution for a University who has a mixed
> environment: Windows, UNIX, Linux and Macintosh. The University uses Heimdal
> Kerberos for authentication through out their organization.
> 
> At present the solution for "non-Windows" clients is based on FreeBSD print
> server (LPRng) which "forwards" all print jobs to a windows print server
> (with Equitrac software installed) in order for the jobs to be accountable,
> which isn't a favorable solution due to a lot of manual configuration.
> 
> Since CUPS now (seems?) to support Kerberos it would be very interesting to
> learn if anyone on this forum has any experience of (kerberized) CUPS and
> Equitrac?
> 
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