On Wednesday 14 January 2009 08:58:11 Mick wrote: > Peter, ldap is only required if you are authenticating clients on your > LAN/WAN using an ldap server. If you had hundreds of clients and a need > to manage frequently changing client membership and passwds, then ldap > would be desirable to manage them effectively.
Yes, I know what ldap is for, and that I have no use for it. I have a vague memory of an earlier version of cups requiring ldap, but the requirement seems to have gone away. I was just clutching at straws - still am. > Increasing the verbosity of the access and error cups logs will show you > what you need to (re)configure. It hasn't shown me yet, but I'll keep on plugging away at running test cases. Thanks to all for help so far. -- Rgds Peter