Rick,

For a printer, you need to configure it with a default user; this is usually 
available via the printer's web interface.

For a CUPS server, there is no way to set a default user. (but feel free to 
file a bug for that if you need it...)


> On Aug 31, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Rick Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> What do I need to do to include the "username" parameter in the 
> WWW-Authenticate header value?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Rick
> 
> 
> On 8/28/15, 1:42 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:
>> Rick,
>> 
>> There is no way to change this behavior, short of including the "username" 
>> parameter in the WWW-Authenticate header value (which tells the client what 
>> the default username is...)
>> 
>> Since Printer Sharing is the primary use case of authenticated printing, it 
>> *does* make sense to pre-populate with your local user name since that is 
>> typically a network user account.  But feel free to argue otherwise in a bug 
>> report... :)
>> 
>>     https://bugreport.apple.com
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 28, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Rick Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> We have noticed the following:
>>> 
>>> 1) When a user prints, and OS X prompts them for their ID and password, OS 
>>> X pre-populates the "Name:" field with the user's login ID from their 
>>> workstation, thus causing them to believe they should be entering their 
>>> workstation password.
>>> 
>>> 2) Not only does OS X pre-populate the "Name:" field with the wrong thing 
>>> the first time they print - it does it every subsequent time also.
>>> 
>>> This is very confusing to our users.  It is odd that OS X would 
>>> pre-populate an ID in a prompt for an external service.
>>> 
>>> Is there any way to change this behavior?  We do not consider "checking" 
>>> the "Remember this password" box to be a universally appropriate solution.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Rick
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