[cups.general] MacOS cups 1.4.1 client keep trying to access server configuration

[Michael Sweet]

This is not new behavior - the same code (modulo some performance  
improvements) was used in Leopard as well.

The Print & Fax and Sharing system preferences panes need to access  
the cupsd.conf file to know whether printer sharing is enabled. The  
panes are normally locked for non-admin users, but they should also  
not lock up if you use the client.conf file.  Please file a bug  
through Apple (bugreport.apple.com) to get this looked at...


On Sep 16, 2009, at 12:57 AM, Guillaume Rousse wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Since one of my users switched to MacOS Snow Leopard, he has troubles
> accessing the shared printers hosted by the print server.
>
> I tried the following configurations:
> - setting client.conf to directly access the shared print server
> - setting client.conf to access local cups server, and setting the  
> local
> cups server to poll the shared print server
> - setting client to access local cups server, and configuring the  
> local
> cups server to receive printer notifications with cups 'protocol' (not
> available on every networks)
>
> NB: the print server is not on the same network as users, neither the
> printers themselves, hence this complexity.
>
> In all cases, the command-line level seems to works fine (lpstat -a  
> show
> available printers), but not the graphical interface level: printer
> properties panel (approximate naming, I'm not a macos user myself)  
> seems
> to freeze regulary, and some debug logs refer to authentication  
> attempts
> occuring.
>
> On server side, it seems the client keeps sending requests to the  
> server
> for its configuration, and fails obviously:
> segur.msr-inria.inria.fr - - [15/Sep/2009:18:15:18 +0200] "GET
> /admin/conf/cupsd.conf HTTP/1.1" 401 0 - -
>
> So, what is this new behaviour ? Does the macos client assume the  
> print
> server is always the local one, for which the user is supposed to have
> admin privileges ?
>
> -- 
> Guillaume Rousse
> Service des Moyens Informatiques
> INRIA Saclay - Île-de-France
> Parc Orsay Université, 4 rue J. Monod
> 91893 Orsay Cedex France
> Tel: 01 69 35 69 62
>
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