[K12OSN] remote CUPS administration

[Peter Hartmann]

You can also use webmin to make a webmin user  for your librarian that
only offers the printer admin module.  You can also configure which
parts of the module they can change.  You don't have to give up your
root pw that way.  ;)


Peter


On 5/30/06, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
> Joe Guenther wrote:
> > I have a library printer that for some unknown reason will have print jobs
> > that get stuck in the queue.  I notice it when they call me on my cell
> > phone  ... it won't print in the library, or I look and find print jobs
> > accumulating for the past 2 days.
> >
> > SO how can I make it possible for the librarian to access the LTSP
> > server's CUPS web interface from her XP workstation?
> >
> > 1) with the current cupsd.conf I can access the site:631, but get a 403
> > forbidden ... you don't have permission to accesss the resource on the
> > server.  At this point I have googled around and have not found the
> > solution. Has anyone here overcome the same issue and be willing to offer
> > some advice to get me going in the right direction?
> >
> > 2) login should be something other than root.  I suspect I need to put a
> > user login on the system that is then part of the sys group.
>
> I've seen it done this way...  edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and add a
> "SystemGroup" line, such as:
>
>         SystemGroup printadmin
>
>
> Then you can create a "printadmin" group and add the librarian to that
> group. If you are a gui-person:  System->Administration->Users and
> Groups. If you are a command-line person:
>
>         groupadd printadmin
>         usermod -a -G printadmin <librian's username>
>
>
> Finally reload cups...
>
>         /sbin/service cups reload
>
>
> -Eric
>
> > = = = = cupsd.conf = = = =
> >
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthClass System
> >
> > ## Restrict access to local domain
> > #Order Deny,Allow
> > #Deny From All
> > Order Allow,Deny
> > Allow from ALL
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
> >
> > #Encryption Required
> > </Location>
> >
> > #
> > # End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in,v 1.16 2004/08/18 17:53:47 mike Exp $".
> > #
> > # Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT
> > <Location /printers/LAB1-PS>
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > #Deny From All
> > Allow from ALL
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
> > AuthType None
> > </Location>
> > <Location /printers/Library>
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > #Deny From All
> > Allow from ALL
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
> > AuthType None
> > </Location>
> > <Location /printers/OfficeHP8000>
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > #Deny From All
> > Allow from ALL
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
> > AuthType None
> > </Location>
> > <Location /printers/LAB2-PS>
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > #Deny From All
> > Allow from ALL
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1
> > Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
> > AuthType None
> > </Location>
> > Browsing On
> > BrowseProtocols cups
> > BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
> > BrowseAllow from 10.10.*.*
> > BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
> > Listen 127.0.0.1:631
> > Listen 10.10.100.3:631
> >
> >
> > thanks
> > Joe Guenther
> >
> > = = = = = = = = = = = = =
> > Lantech - Didsbury
> > Chinook's Edge School Div.
> >
>
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