[cups-devel] Question: Adding group 'wheel' to CUPS system groups by default

[Michael Sweet]

There are a variety of historical reasons this is the case, but ultimately this is a) configurable and b) defaults to whatever the Linux distribution wants.

> On Dec 20, 2016, at 10:43 AM, Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12/20/2016 04:04 PM, Helge Blischke wrote:
>>> Am 20.12.2016 um 12:42 schrieb Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal at redhat.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have question about CUPS system groups. Is it possible to add group
>>> 'wheel' to default CUPS system groups in configure? If it is not, can
>>> you please someone explains why not?
>>> 
>>> Thank you for answer in advance.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Zdenek Dohnal
>> By default, wheel is not a member of the CUPS system groups. But you may explicitly
>> define which groups belong to the system groups by using the 
>> SystemGroup
>> directive in cups-files.conf.
>> 
>> Helge
>> 
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> Yes, I know group 'wheel' is not a member of the CUPS default system
> groups, but my question was why it is not. And if it can be added as
> default CUPS system group at configuration time (not manually define in
> cups-files.conf after installation). Probably I did not express myself
> clearly, I am sorry.
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer