Re: [cups-devel] help me understand cups-files.conf

Helge Blischke <helgeblischke-S0/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.cups.devel
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> Am 29.01.2016 um 00:36 schrieb greg sahli <[email protected]>:
> 
> I'm a complete newbie... and need to understand:
> OS X 10.11 El Capitan, CUPS 2.x, SIP workaround for open source CUPS filters/backends/drivers.
> In cups-files.conf, can I set the Directive ServerBin to /usr/local/cups, so I can install OpenPrinting's executables there? And then do I need to setup a "mirror" of /usr/libexec/cups there by creating all the directories identical to /usr/libexec/cups -- with links from /usr/local/cups back to the protected executables in /usr/libexec/cups?
> 
> This is just my first idea about how to do this -- I'd welcome any suggestions.

The subdirectories beneath /usr/libexec/cups are not protected by SIP. AFAIK, the only problem could occur with
the subdirectories of /usr/share/cups.

If you really need to defeat SIP, see
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2015/09/os-x-10-11-el-capitan-the-ars-technica-review/

Helge
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