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[Bug 627287] Re: Rewrites /etc/cups/printers.conf every night

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From: era <627287@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:13:09 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 627287 <627287@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Upstream responded:
> First, the AuthInfoRequired directive is added by the smb backend,
> which is part of Samba, not CUPS.
> 
> Second, you can't edit printers.con while cupsd is running - all of
> your changes will be lost when cupsd next updates the file. Run
> the lpadmin command to change the auth-info-required option
> ("negotiate" is what you use for Kerberos, although the smb
> backend may tell cupsd to use something different when you
> next print...)

I did not edit printers.conf while cupsd was running, so that's kind of
moot, but I guess this basically means that it's a wontfix as far as
cups.org is concerned.

** Changed in: cups
       Status: New => Invalid

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Rewrites /etc/cups/printers.conf every night
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