[cups.general] CUPS username/password

[Timothy Murphy]

Paul Conklin wrote:

> if CUPS asks for a UN/PW that's dictated by the cupsd.conf file.  if you
> want to remove that, set all of your sections to Allow All and comment out
> the Require user stanza

Thanks for your response.
As I mentioned, I don't mind giving root/<root password>
when asked for username/password ;
basically, I'm just interested in understanding the setup.

I confess that I have always found authentication puzzling.
Is there somewhere I can read what precisely is meant
by "Require user @SYSTEM" or "Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM"?


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