Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:09:47 +0530 From: ashish@FreeBSD.org (Ashish SHUKLA) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS between systems Message-ID: <86631i9n7w.fsf@chateau.d.if> In-Reply-To: <20100616172759.GV27267@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> (William Bulley's message of "Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:27:59 -0400") References: <20100616172759.GV27267@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable William Bulley writes: > When the CUPS server (cupsd) is built with GSSAPI support, the CUPS > "Administration" tab (localhost:631/admin) contains this checkbox > under the "Server Settings:" section: > (x) Use Kerberos authentication (FAQ) > Unfortunately for me on FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE running cups-base-1.4.2_3 > the GSSAPI option is not present in the Makefile: > CONFIGURE_ARGS+=3D --disable-gssapi ... > As a result my localhost:631/admin screen lacks this Kerberos checkbox. > This condition is still present in CUPS 1.4.3 according to the Makefile > at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/print/cups-base/ > I need Kerberos support in order to use CUPS to print to a network > printer here. As a workaround, I was able to use a co-workers MacOS X > system which was running CUPS to print to the same printer. This Mac > was upgraded to MacOS 10.6.4 today, and this workaround failed. :-( > So I am back to trying to use CUPS on FreeBSD to talk directly to the > network printer, but without the Kerberos feature, I am locked out. > Upgrading to CUPS 1.4.3 is unlikely to give me Kerberos support. > It seems FreeBSD has Kerberos support in base at /usr/src/kerberos5. > But I don't see how to bridge this gap. FWIW, using CUPS 1.3.10 in > the Fall of 2009, I did have Kerberos support (via GSSAPI) and I was > able to talk directly to the network printer. > Does anyone have any suggestions for me to consider trying? The best suggestion would be to ask MAINTAINER of the port, why he disabled Kerberos support, and maybe better mail him a patch with Kerberos support enabled in the port :). HTH Ashish =2D-=20 Sent via Gnus from GNU Emacs They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Frankl= in --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMGcMzAAoJEMdGz6nnT6Sw4gIQALgLPzb19urSzOpLjoKjGYdv hRhR9pbHYaQN0FYbeEPdaGfTQYqkyjghLYPY0S1nbBwWMZLcPdrB6+V5E4BAV0nJ yI0GuXVq9FLUYD/8mNwdZt1slXdQlEI6E79vM2JVMjEuWTk5AzHU/OSGKTzotG6T DWpxEZbBXK7q+EnTmP5m6f9G3KztgFsNeRP99WS66JrZUY8qoo1VqdlQUNdZ0Deq IYILizuS402LIgstUP04vfy/g6wlWpn53uDPjL3utR26Wl/AOsxbHQjKjEaXJNB9 KyBxgZd0JotVNBNdq2XVovj8qW66UIVX/9wft104bxQQJOhbGQ3hJnWHP5i/xvBC 42DKOBCRCxyyLzOrKOQhbItJESbJ3Cx0pfA+zy7AwHpMYB2gu+aXvpEx7RNbVHt2 QEzaWG4nmr1QpB7MUxAoSmHXdQ415oeDWVel6aAhInt1T1A0y8cu9ziXGX7lo2TV 9GCaCSvHu/nRgaV6bBWY6DGXGK4K7NFf3eTpBHX5n91B/pptM4fV6wiEl2Hz+P5p W+K8NAXm9oYMLZMH5giYWwIZruiDH6X1ORlGf7wMzn4MKuM789Fm5bd/6CJOsrYi qRlpF5BRt3X13kPIPxjrezAROKJZjjhzpJqoi3qWBUXw8mV3OrGb5qdwKuMXfOJh QeQCJk9aKRhx/0TH7ikG =RG4A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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