On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 01:31:04PM +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote: > On Mo 13 Jul 2015 11:07:18 CEST, Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > >On IRC sunweaver pointed out that the existence of /etc/cups/client.conf > >would break setting up locally attached printers (via locally running > >cups). While this is true in general, there's a way to have local > >printer(s) (attached to real workstations) configured centrally on > >tjener. To get this working install the package p910nd on the > >workstation and configure it, see man p910nd. (For a USB printer you > >would set P910ND_OPTS="-f /dev/usb/lp0" and P910ND_START=1 in > >/etc/default/p910nd.) Then you can set up this printer on tjener as > >AppSocket/HP Jetdirect printer using 'socket://<workstation-ip>:9100' as > >URI. For diskless workstations a similar app socket tool is available by > >default, see the jessie manual how to set up printers attached to LTSP > >clients. > > The question now remains: shall we simply ship /etc/cups/client.conf as > package file in debian-edu-config or treat/create-if-not-there that file > with cfengine.
As the file only makes sense along with the instructions, it would IMO be best to add these to a Printing Know How chapter of the manual and to avoid shipping/creating the file. Wolfgang
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