[cups.general] CUPS username/password

[Michael Sweet]

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On May 25, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:

> 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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> Timothy Murphy  
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> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair