On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 19:09 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 09:34 -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Tim wrote: > > > > > > > On Windows, I've been able to print to a FC4 CUPS server by specifying > > > > the address to the printserver in the printing setup dialogue on > > > > Windows, but that's still an issue that requires some administrative > > > > privileges. > > > > > > Why would I have to be root on the client? > > > I'm pretty sure that ordinary users > > > have permission to TCP to remote ports. > > > Are other permissions needed on the client side? > > You cannot edit client.conf uless you are root on the clients. > > Do I have to use software that uses client.conf ? FC5 supports only cups printing as part of the distribution. client.conf is a cups configuration file. Obviously it must in principle be possible to install a whole different printing system but how easy that is is a mystery. > > Suppose I do something silly, like getting copies of printing > software source, replacing things like /etc with /home/me/etc > and recompiling. > Would I get something that would let me print to a remote printer? > > I suspect that there might be snags > that might make it not worth the effort. > The first would be figuring out what source I needed. > I suspect that I would also have to replace local port numbers > to avoid collisions with the system printer demon(s). > > Whether or not it would be worth it, I suspect it would be > easier than writing an IPP client from scratch. > > -- > Mike hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "it stands to reason that they weren't always called the ancients." > -- Daniel Jackson > -- ======================================================================= Not SENSUOUS ... only "FROLICSOME" ... and in need of DENTAL WORK ... in PAIN!!! ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
