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The policy chosen by Blue Light is to create a specific user in the system for that task: printadmin.
This documentation follows https://jira.bluelightav.org/browse/BLUE-2257 , and there's a request for automating the task: https://redmine.bluelightav.org/issues/2340 .
Requirements
The printer administrators need to have network access to the server (in Blue Light: using OpenVPN).
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Set the password as set in BLKPDB.
Add it in the group:
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adduser printadmin lpadmin |
Configuration of Cups
Allow cups http interface from other computers
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Remove all lines matching Allow @LOCAL in other <Location> sections of that file, if any.
Make sure that the server is accessible from anywhere. Eventually (Jessie?), replace Listen localhost:631 by:
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Listen *:631 |
Connection
Point a web browser to: https://server.name:631
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