Samba? May be easiest way to to it. Define printer shares with 'valid users = ' directive?
Thinking out loud, this may have a glaring problem I haven't thought of in the 30 seconds since I read the first email :) Rubin On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 17:30 -0600, Alvin ONeal wrote: > Do any of you know how one might handle authentication through CUPS > while logging the jobs? > > > Example Workflow: > > John prints a webpage from Firefox on a Windows client. > A prompt appears for username/password > The credentials are not valid so the prompt is issued again > The credentials are valid so the username is logged to a text file on > the server > When the logger returns success CUPS gets the okay to really print > > > Can this be easily implemented with Kerberos / PAM? Something else? > > AJ ONeal > > Trustworthiness: > > > Vendor reliability: > > > Privacy: > > > Child safety: > > -- Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 80 Carleton Boulevard East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 http://thatitguy.com "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
