This is not a finished work... Probably some stuff is wrong, but it lets me run the printers with full access to all printers for those who know the rcfadmin username and passwd, and give access to MPO divisional admins to control the MPO printers. This worked for me with 1.2.11, but not 1.2.10 as distributed in RedHat FC6. --- Setup Divison admins ----------------------------------------------- The 1.2.11 server supports departmental admins. In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, a "policy" is set up for each division with an admin: e.g. the area .... <\Policy> Use Digest authentication: set up /etc/cups/passwd.md5 using lppasswd. A user/passwd is set up for the division with "lppasswd" for mpoadmin/some-passwd and the user is granted access in the area. Set up passwds for "root" and our admins (rcfadmin) in the same area. Go to https://xen2:631. At any printers you want mpoadmin to have access, select the (Printer Options) button. Go near the bottom of the option page and use the dropdown menu to select the Operation Policy for the division. Save the setup. --------/etc/cupsd.conf ------------------------- MaxLogSize 2000000000 ## Show troubleshooting information in error_log. #LogLevel debug ## Woging loglevel LogLevel info SystemGroup sys root # Allow remote access. Port 631 ## for local access only #localhost:631 Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock ## Share local printers on the local network. #Browsing on #BrowseAddress @LOCAL ## RCF, turn off browsing. Folks who want to use the printers put this server ## in their /etc/cups/client.conf or set them up explicitly per their OS Browsing off BrowseDeny all BrowseAllow none BrowseOrder allow,deny ## RCF md5 authentication using passwd.md5. Use lppasswd to set it up DefaultAuthType Digest # Allow shared printing and remote administration... Order allow,deny Allow from 192.168.96.0/19 Allow from 192.168.2.0/24 Allow from 192.168.3.0/24 Encryption Required # Allow remote administration from these addresses Order allow,deny Allow from 192.168.96.0/19 AuthType Digest # lpadmin is group in passwd.md5 file; rcfadmin, mpoadmin ## only want rcfadmin to alter general config files. Want ## mpoadmin to be able to alter their printers. ## Maybe shouldn't be here. more testing needed Require user @SYSTEM rcfadmin mpoadmin # Allow remote access to the configuration files... Order allow,deny Allow 192.168.96.0/19 Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin Order deny,allow AuthType Digest Require user @SYSTEM rcfadmin Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin Order deny,allow # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel a job... Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin mpoadmin Order deny,allow AuthType Digest Require user @SYSTEM rcfadmin mpoadmin Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin mpoadmin Order deny,allow # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel a job... Order deny,allow Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM rcfadmin mpoadmin Order deny,allow