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
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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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