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Re: Allowing managed user to add printers under leopard

Title: Re: Allowing managed user to add printers under leopard



On 02 12 08 2:51 PM, "Ball, Dan" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Here is a workaround to add printers, but I'm wondering now on how to let
> users remove them as well.   
>
> Edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
>
>   <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
> CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
> #    AuthType Default
> #    Require user @SYSTEM
>     Require valid-user
>     Order deny,allow
>   </Limit>
>
> Then to add the printer, in any application when you do a File, Print select
> Add Printer from the the printer drop down menu and add the printer you want.
>
> But again I'm not sure how to remove a printer.....haven't looked into to it
> yet.

In looking around at various discussions I find that various people alter the cupsd.conf file in various ways like this but then all that gives you is the ability to administer printers through localhost:631 (including create/delete) but you then have to know how to use that interface.

BTW another way to accomplish this kind of thing is to
 cupsctl SystemGroup=everyone

But the check box in the system preference to "allow administration of printers" seem to effectively

 cupsctl SystemGroup=_lpadmin

Which is a group whose members are precisely anyone with the check box to administer printers.

The gui filter of privileges is the problem for using the system prefpane to administer printers.

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Steven Kolins
Alamance-Burlington Schools, NC USA
LanTech/Mac Systems Tech
336-516-4082
 
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