[cups.general] Need encryption help & proposals fordocumentation

[Michael R Sweet]

David H wrote:
> ...
> Why not? When I configure the printer and add my username and password to the URI, they are stored in /etc/cups/printers.conf which is only readable by root and in the webinterface neither username nor password can be seen by the user.

Because then anyone printing from your computer uses your credentials.

> And what's the name of this printer status monitor applet? Googling for "Tim's printer status monitor applet" or any subset of this words does yield useful results.

It used to be "eggcups", but I'm not sure what the current one is
called...

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer