Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 23:12:47 +0300 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usb printer vs cups Message-ID: <541353BF.5080608@b1t.name> In-Reply-To: <54133325.9070302@FreeBSD.org> References: <54133325.9070302@FreeBSD.org>
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On 12.09.2014 20:53, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > From my experience I think that cupsd executes backend tools with all uids and > gids set to cups and no supplementary groups. In the case of USB printers the > backends need to access /dev/usbctl and /dev/usb/foobar that corresponds to a > printer. That means that the access to those devices must be somehow granted to > cups:cups. > How do people solve this? What kind of permissions / configuration do you use? devfs > P.S. > Maybe I over-generalized the issue to all USB printers. My personal experience > is with an HP printer handled by hplip / hplip-plugin. Personally I prefer using stock lpd for those, it can be easily integrated with foomatic hpijs. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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