On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 08:41 +0800, Murray Trainer wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 09:59 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 17:08 +0800, Murray Trainer wrote:
> > > I have installed Evolution evolution-2.8.2-5 on SuSE 10.2 with KDE 3.5.5
> > > and cups-1.2.7-3.  We want users individual printers isolated from each
> > > other.  Cups 1.2 is supposed to do this.  If I su to each user and do an
> > > lpstat -t I can't see other users printers.  When I print something in
> > > Konqueror, OpenOffice and Firefox I can't see other users printers as
> > > expected.  Somehow Evolution bypasses this security and lists other
> > > users printers when I go to print an e-mail.  I am not sure if this is a
> > > Gnome or Evolution issue.  Any workarounds or fixes for this problem
> > > would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Evolution 2.8 uses the deprecated libgnomeprint for its printing API,
> > which is likely where the problem lies.  Evolution 2.10 migrated to
> > GTK's printing API [1].  GTK's printing API may have addressed this
> > issue, I'm not sure.
> > 
> > In either case, Evolution itself is not doing anything that would bypass
> > CUPS security.
> > 
> > Matthew Barnes
> > 
> > 
> > [1] http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/Printing.html
> 
> Hi Matthew,
> 
> Thanks for the helpful reply.  Evolution 2.8.2-5 was the latest version
> I could find for SuSE 10.2 a few weeks ago.  I just did another search
> on rpm.pbone.net and found evolution-2.10.1-8 here:
> 
> ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse/i586/
> 
> I will update the list if it helps shortly.
> 
> Murray
> 

Unfortunately the version above is a beta version for SuSE 10.3.  Is there 
going to be
a newer version of Evolution for SuSE 10.2 which is the current SuSE release?

Thanks

Murray


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