[cups.general] Cookies

[Michael Sweet]

Nuzhna,

On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Nuzhna Pomoshch wrote:
> Why does the documentation not mention that cookies are required to do certain things (like add printers) via the web interface? I wasted many hours trying to figure out what was wrong, and thought that I needed a browser with cookies just never crossed my mind.

Cookies are pretty much always used for web interfaces these days to, among other things, protect against common web form attacks.

What are you trying to do?  Normal IPP requests do everything the web interface does and more while not requiring cookies - just the web interface needs cookies.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair