> >> 2) Are there any plans to enhance CUPS to distributed network printer
> >> configuration via NIS? Or is there a replacement for this service
> >> already present? (I guess this is what Bonjour is intended for?)
> > There are no plans for NIS. CUPS supports LDAP, DNS-SD, SLP, and CUPS
> > Browse protocols for print queue advertisement/discovery. Since CUPS
> > is the "de facto" standard print service on *nix these days, it's
> > interoperable with other systems. Our name service support support
> > isn't.
>
> So one thing I'd like to see here, in order to eventually remove the LP
> service altogether, is a set of tools or documents to help
> administrators migrate from using NIS to other protocols.
Is something more than PSARC/2001/282 NIS to LDAP Transition Project
(N2L) being requested?
Gary..
