SUMMARY: Restricting one printer to a group of users

From: Graydon Mah <mahg_at_ucfv.bc.ca>
Date: 18 Nov 1996 13:13:49 -0000

Special thanks to antonia_at_fib.upc.es

Turns out there's an undocumented printcap flag "rg" which will
allow you to specify which /etc/group entry to validate the user
against.

This will certainly save me from having to build alot of custome
security stuff into lpr!

Graydon Mah said on Wed, 13 Nov 96 15:07:12 PST

> Does anyone have any tips on how I can take a printer queue and say
> "only this list of users is allowed to print to this device"?
>

End quote from Restricting one printer to a group of users

Graydon Mah, Database Administrator / Project Manager
University College of the Fraser Valley
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Received on Mon Nov 18 1996 - 14:34:34 NZDT

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