[cups.general] CUPS client printjob authentication prompt

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Fri Sep 18 08:31:40 PDT 2009


On Sep 18, 2009, at 5:00 AM, Miquel Quiles wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my scenario:
> - Print-server (ubuntu-server 9.04 with CUPS 1.4.0 + SAMBA + LDAP).
> - Windows client (IPP with authentication)
> - Linux client (Ubuntu 9.04 with CUPS 1.4.0 - IPP and SAMBA printers)
> - MacOSX client
>
> I managed to configure the server and the clients with  
> authentication. It works if I add the "user:password@" in the  
> printer's url at the printers.conf file.
>
> I've tried to configure the printer at the client to prompt for the  
> user/password but it seems that's not working. The printjob stays  
> "Held for authentication". Some of theese clients are personal  
> computers and there is no problem, but there will be few computers  
> in a classroom, different users will be using them.
>
> Is there any special config to do? It's a bug?


Support for non-hardcoded authenticated print queues is still shaky on  
Linux, but Tim Waugh (Red Hat) has done a lot of good stuff in this  
area with a GNOME printer applet that allows users to authenticate as  
needed.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer







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