Re: [cups] Authentication Problem
Dennis Putnam <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.printing.cups.general |
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On 11/20/2020 9:02 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote: > On 11/19/2020 7:27 PM, Bryan Mason wrote: >> On Thu, 2020-11-19 at 09:52 -0500, Dennis Putnam wrote: >>> I have set up an SMB printer (CentOS 7) but am having trouble with >>> authentication. When I submit a job, the queue shows it is being held >>> for authentication. There seems to be no way to authenticate but in >>> any case I want users to be able to print with no authentication. I >>> cannot figure out how to configure cupsd.conf to remove the >>> authentication requirement. >> It's not in cupsd.conf because it's a printer setting. Try: >> >> lpadmin -p <queue-name> -o auth-info-required=none >> >> This should change the printer setting to not require authentication. >> But you will also need to configure the Windows server to not require >> authentication to access the printer share. If Windows requires >> authentication, then CUPS will still hold the job for authentication >> and will change auth-info-required back to username,password. >> >> ~ Bryan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> > Hi Bryan, > > Thanks for the reply. I never would have figured that out. However, I > have something strange going on. The printer name is "Epson". When I > do an 'lpstat' I get 2 printers listed (Epson-12, Epson-13) but > neither is "Epson". When I look at 'system-config-printers' I see just > the printer "Epson". If I issue the command > > sudo lpadmin -p Epson -o auth-info-required=none > > I get no error (which I expected since it does not seem to exist) but > neither does anything change. > > I am guessing that my problem is related to the printer not showing up > in 'lpstat' but I have no clue where the 12 and 13 are coming from or > what could be wrong. Did I perhaps mess up my cups.conf with the > changes I made? Here is some clarification. I get those two odd printers when I do 'lpstat' as the logged in user. If I do 'sudo lpstat', nothing shows up. I cannot delete those printers as 'lpadmin -x' says they do not exist. Something is seriously messed up. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________________ cups mailing list [email protected] https://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups