Johan Kullstam <kullstj-ml@comcast.net> writes: [CUPS] > I am still a bit disturbed by the "web interface" and punching in my > root password at my browser (even if it was just local). Just add yourself to the "lpadmin" group and use your own username and password. > I am already running a firewall. It is easy to allow/restrict > access with iptables (once you have the firewall infrastructure in > place). You can also restrict admin access to particular hosts, subnets, DNS domains/subdomains, etc, and allow passwordless admin access for trusted hosts/networks. You can do the same thing for normal access, too. > FWIW what I really hate is when portmap, fam &c get dragged in by some > random dependency. That's not (AFAICT) a direct or indirect CUPS dependency. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please sign and encrypt your mail.
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