[cups] Provide password for CLI tools

[Stephan]

Michael,

could you please comment on my proposal to create a tool that can save a
PPD file for an IPP Everywhere printer, instead of creating a new queue on
a CUPS server?


Thanks and regards,

Stephan


2017-03-24 13:05 GMT+01:00 Stephan <stephanwib at googlemail.com>:

> Michael,
>
> I think we can pretty much easily implement most CUPS operations in our
> own IPP client implementation, which can then use one of the HTTP
> authentication mechanisms supported. However, there is one thing we can not
> replace, that  is the IPP Everywhere printer creation. What would be of
> help is a way to save a PPD for an IPP Everywhere printer. We could then
> create a PPD locally and call CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer on the remote server.
>
> How would you judge extending lpadmin so that it can save a PPD insted of
> creating a queue for an IPP everywhere printer, or to provide a separate
> tool that can do this?
>