On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 17:37 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 09:28 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > It looks to me that more changes would be needed. At least I conclude > > that from the folllowing section of the cupsd.conf file: > > # All administration operations require an administrator to > > authenticate... > > <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer > > CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default > > CUPS-Get-Devices> > > AuthType Default > > Require user @SYSTEM > > Order deny,allow > > </Limit> > > > I should have been more specific. (Not enough coffee.) Near the > beginning of the cupsd.conf file there is a section: > > # Administrator user group... > SystemGroup sys root > > If you change it to: > SystemGroup sys root aaron > > then aarom is authorized when you have "Require user @SYSTEM". But > if you do not want to give the user blanked permission, you can > change "Require user @SYSTEM" to "Require user @SYSTEM aaron" just > for that section. > > But even if the user has no permissions to change things, they can > change their own default printer - they just can not change the > system default printer. > > Mikkel I agree with you. My only point was you have to change more than you indicated. To make a user appear in the cups SystemGroup may be too much power for a single user and it was my opinion the OP waned this power for all users which may be too many people having too much power. -- ======================================================================= memo, n.: An interoffice communication too often written more for the benefit of the person who sends it than the person who receives it. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines