Re: [cups] lpr requiring a password from the command line

This still puzzles me. Why would a user able to print from CUPS be unable
to print via lpr? I don't get it.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 2:45 PM Johnnie W Adams <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi, folks,
>
>      I naïvely copied my cupsd.conf and cups-files.conf files from a 1.6.3
> machine to a 2.2.6 machine and everything looked fine at first.
>
>      Now users are asked for passwords when using lpr on the command line.
> What have I done?
>
> Thanks,
>
>      John A
>
> --
> John Adams
> Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
> +1-501-916-3010 | [email protected] | http://ualr.edu/itservices
> *UA Little Rock*
>
> Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone or
> in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information that
> come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information or to
> report suspicious email, visit IT Security
> <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
>


-- 
John Adams
Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
+1-501-916-3010 | [email protected] | http://ualr.edu/itservices
*UA Little Rock*

Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone or
in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information that
come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information or to
report suspicious email, visit IT Security
<http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
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