[cups] CUPS won't send my user name to the printer

[Gernot Hassenpflug]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:23 PM, マスターズ イアン <ian at ncsa.jp> wrote:

> Actually after reading your summary and trying out what I thought you
> meant, I managed to get a print job to the printer that was visible to me
> (i.e. it had not been discarded). However the file name was messed up (It
> arrived as the full path of the file) and was 0 pages long and when I tried
> to print it, it never printed, but went into some kind of data loop, so I
> had to cancel the job so that other people would be able to use the printer
> again!
>
/../

> Step 4:
>
> Where do I copy fxauth from?
>
> I tried creating a new file fxauth with the bash script in it. Was that
> correct?
>

Yes, between the BEGIN/END is the file content to use. I simply created
CUPS filters (I think that is the term) to massage the input and generate
new output to pass on to the next filter.
(Probably good to check user and permissions).

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> Step 5:
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> Where do I copy C4405.fx from?
>
> I created a file called <CUPS printer name>.fx.
>
> There are no other .fx files on the system except the one I created in
> /etc/cups/ppd/
>
Yes, it has to be created too same as above.
(Also maybe check permissions, and SELinux will possibly get in the way
too, so for testing disable it maybe).

Unfortunately I no longer have this setup so I cannot check more details
than I put in the email, but the links might provide extra background
information (if they still work!).

Speaking of which, .... silly me, I put this on my very much un-maintained
and not very stylish personal blog, forgot about that. So here you go:

http://aikishugyo.jp/blog/archives/2012/03/index.html#e2012-03-08T01_00_00.txt

I hope it is all correct and consistent. One thing that I found was that
there are many PJL parameters, and your particular authentication might
need to massage different ones than in my setup.

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> Thanks
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> ian
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> p.s. interesting mail address ;-)
>
Haha, I have had some strange interpretations!!!
If you train Aikido it makes sense :-)

Cheers,
Gernot Hassenpflug