[Casper] Allow Non-Admin Users to Add Printers in Leopard

[Miles Leacy]

Here are the relevant lines from the script I mentioned:
# find the line containing "KEYSTRING" and replace that line with
"REPLACEMENT LINE"
# and write the resulting modified file to a second file (file.tmp)

/usr/bin/sed -e "s/^KEYSTRING *=.*/REPLACEMENT LINE/" /path/to/original/file
>/path/to/original/file.tmp

# move file.tmp to file

mv /path/to/original/file.tmp /path/to/original/file

I hope this helps.

Of course, if anyone can suggest a simpler find & replace method, I'm all
ears.

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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Miles Leacy <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com>wrote:

> Rather than follow the instructions at the given link, and deleting these
> lines, I would add another group to these limit statements.  You could use
> "staff" or if you need to keep certain people from messing with printers,
> you could create a new group for this purpose.
> I wouldn't delete the statements because that's a sledgehammer approach to
> the problem.  Instead of giving out a key to the proverbial gate, deletion
> tears the gate from its hinges and allows anyone and everyone in.
>
> You can find & replace text using sed.  I'm not great with sed, but I did
> develop a script through trial & error to perform this task on another
> config file.  I'll pass it on when I get to the office today.
>
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> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Martin van Diemen <
> martin-van-diemen at g-star.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want users to be able to add printers without filling in the
>> administrators password.
>>
>> I did some research and found out that I just need to remove the following
>> lines from the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:
>>
>> <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
>> CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
>>    AuthType Default
>>    Require user @SYSTEM
>>    Order deny,allow
>> </Limit>
>> <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer
>> Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs
>> Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer$
>>    AuthType Default
>>    Require user @AUTHKEY(system.print.admin) @admin @lpadmin
>>    Order deny,allow
>> </Limit>
>>
>> Source: http://mattson.edgemereroadrunners.com/?p=291
>>
>> Does anyone know I can remove these lines with a bash script? I don't want
>> to replace the file by making use of a package.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Martin van Diemen
>>
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