Re: cups configuration

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On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 17:37 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 09:28 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> 
> > It looks to me that more changes would be needed. At least I conclude
> > that from the folllowing section of the cupsd.conf file:
> >  # All administration operations require an administrator to
> > authenticate...
> >   <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer
> > CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default
> > CUPS-Get-Devices>
> >     AuthType Default
> >     Require user @SYSTEM
> >     Order deny,allow
> >   </Limit>
> > 
> I should have been more specific. (Not enough coffee.) Near the
> beginning of the cupsd.conf file there is a section:
> 
> # Administrator user group...
> SystemGroup sys root
> 
> If you change it to:
> SystemGroup sys root aaron
> 
> then aarom is authorized when you have "Require user @SYSTEM". But
> if you do not want to give the user blanked permission, you can
> change "Require user @SYSTEM" to "Require user @SYSTEM aaron" just
> for that section.
> 
> But even if the user has no permissions to change things, they can
> change their own default printer - they just can not change the
> system default printer.
> 
> Mikkel
I agree with you. My only point was you have to change more than you
indicated. To make a user appear in the cups SystemGroup may be too much
power for a single user and it was my opinion the OP waned this power
for all users which may be too many people having too much power.
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