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Re: Configuring CUPS to allow all users to (re)start printer



On Friday 20 August 2004 10:36, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> On fredag 20. august 2004, 16:02, Tim Kelley wrote:
> > Yes; configure the "admin" location in cupsd.conf to allow valid
> > users, then they will be able to use their user accounts to do that
> > ...
> >
> > <Location /admin>
> > AuthType Basic (or Digest)
> > AuthClass User
>
> Uhm, OK, thanks. So there isn't any way to narrow it down to the
> specific action of just starting the printer (which is really what I
> was looking for)?

Unfortunately, cups' access controls are very coarse

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