On Thu, 15.07.10 11:04, Tim Waugh (twaugh@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > Another question about the cups config: > > [Install] > # This is activated via any of these three triggers: > # 1. Somebody connects to its sockets > # 2. A file is in the spool directory > # 3. A printer is plugged in > # This follows the same scheme MacOS uses to spawn CUPS only when necessary > Also=cups.socket cups.path > WantedBy=printer.target > > I think I mentioned in the original systemd discussion that there is a > case not covered by this approach, which is that there is a network > queue configured and available to the network, i.e. this computer is a > central print server for a bunch of network printers. > > In this case, there is no local requirement for cups to be running -- > the requirement is that the service is available to the network. > > Will it be possible/easy for administrators to configure that? Yes, trivial almost. If people want to enable a service by default on boot they can place a single symlinks: # ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/cups.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cups.service There's even a FAQ for that now: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/FrequentlyAskedQuestions Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
