Re: cups security (fwd)
On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 07:12:33PM -0500, Torrin wrote:
> Oops, forgot to send this to the list.
so i forgot the reply to the list...
(btw, it begins to be out of the list topic...)
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:09:22 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Torrin <torrin@torrin.net>
> To: Emmanuel Lacour <elacour@easter-eggs.com>
> Subject: Re: cups security
>
> Hmmm . . . you forgot,
>
> apt-get install cupsys-driver-gimpprint
> gunzip <driver>.gz
> cp driver /usr/share/cups/model
>
> I guess that is only if the proper driver isn't included with cups.
>
Yep, that's only for unsuported printers. But I never needed to ungzip
files for this in woody, just apt-get install and all of those drivers
appears in the web admin...
> also, I used lpadmin to configure the printer. I didn't even realize
> there was a web server listening on 631. Doh!! Oh, but it does ask for
> username and password. I suppose that's secure enough.
>
By default it's the root login and password of your system...maybe it
will be a great idea to change it and to use https (cupsd.conf)
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Emmanuel Lacour wrote:
> >
> > Howto:
> >
> > apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd
> >
> > customize /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for security, it's easy to understand I
> > think.
> >
> > Go to http://localhost:631/ and configure your printer
> >
> > echo test | lpr
> >
> > ... it works (theoritically...)
> >
> >
>
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