[cups.general] Printing from Windows 7 to CUPS using IPP withSSL-encrypted Basic authentication

[Michael Sweet]

Rick,

Just concatenate the certs in one file for now. We have a feature request to support multiple/chain certs like Apache.


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On May 30, 2012, at 6:27 AM, Rick Cochran <rcc2 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> It works, but I'm not done yet.
> 
> My next task is to figure out how to get CUPS to use a signed cert which 
> requires an intermediate cert.
> 
> And finally, I would like to know how to deal with the fact that Windows 
> automatically caches the user's ID and password.  This is not helpful in 
> a non-login environment.
> 
> It would be best if I could disable the caching behavior.  It might 
> suffice if I could kill the cache entry.
> 
> -Rick
> 
> On 5/29/12 5:44 PM, Rick Cochran wrote:
>> Paul,
>> 
>> Thanks!  But I (just now) found the solution after trying every possible
>> permutation of Google search terms.  Here it is:
>> 
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2021626
>> 
>> Printing now works.
>> 
>> Yours,
>> -Rick
>> 
>> On 5/29/12 5:39 PM, Paul Conklin wrote:
>>> Try kicking the log level up to debug2 (be prepared for more information then you ever wanted to see)  I highly suggest doing the following first.
>>> 
>>> stop cups
>>> kick logging up to debug2 in /etc/cupsd.conf
>>> remove /var/log/cups/error_log
>>> start cups
>>> 
>>> reproduce issue
>>> 
>>> service cups stop
>>> kick log level back down
>>> move log file off
>>> service cups start
>>> 
>>> That will greatly reduce the amount of hunting you'll need to do through the log.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I have figured out how to print from MacOS X to Linux CUPS using IPP
>>>> with SSL-encrypted Basic authentication.  Now I would like to be able to
>>>> do this from Windows 7.
>>>> 
>>>> When I attempt to add a printer to Windows 7 using this URI:
>>>> 
>>>>     "https://cups-server.cornell.edu:631/printers/hp-p3015-auth"
>>>> 
>>>> I immediately get the following detailed love-note from Windows:
>>>> 
>>>>     "Windows couldn't connect to the printer"
>>>> 
>>>> I know from the CUPS error_log that the Windows client at least
>>>> contacted the server and set up an SSL connection, but there is nothing
>>>> else useful in either the CUPS logs or the Windows logs.
>>>> 
>>>> I am wondering if Windows finds the CUPS server's unsigned cert
>>>> objectionable, but is too polite to say so.
>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps what I want to do is impossible.
>>>> 
>>>> -Rick
>>>> 
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