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Bug#998004: /usr/sbin/lpinfo: lpinfo: -U does not work despite saying so in the help



forwarded 998004 https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/453
thanks


On Thu 28 Oct 2021 at 14:51:42 +0200, Roland Hieber wrote:

> Package: cups-client
> Version: 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u1
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/sbin/lpinfo
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I tried using lpinfo with a hostname and a user name, but it complains:
> 
>     $ lpinfo -h gutenberg.mydomain -U myuser -l -v
>     lpinfo: Unknown option "U".
>     Usage: lpinfo [options] -m
> 	   lpinfo [options] -v
>     Options:
>     -E                      Encrypt the connection to the server
>     -h server[:port]        Connect to the named server and port
>     -l                      Show verbose (long) output
>     -m                      Show models
>     -U username             Specify the username to use for authentication
>     -v                      Show devices
>     --device-id device-id   Show models matching the given IEEE 1284 device ID
>     --exclude-schemes scheme-list
> 			    Exclude the specified URI schemes
>     --include-schemes scheme-list
> 			    Include only the specified URI schemes
>     --language locale       Show models matching the given locale
>     --make-and-model name   Show models matching the given make and model name
>     --product name          Show models matching the given PostScript product
>     --timeout seconds       Specify the maximum number of seconds to discover devices
> 
> These two lines in the help seem to be conflicting:
> 
>   lpinfo: Unknown option "U".
> [...]
>   -U username             Specify the username to use for authentication
> 
> It does not matter where on the command line I put the -U, the outcome is
> always the same, and I haven't figured out yet how to authenticate to
> the server with a different user name.

Thank you for your report, Roland.

The output from your command is correct behaviour; see the manual.
The Usage output is not correct. I have sent a report to upstream.

Regards,

Brian.


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