On Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:49, John Layt
On 20 June 2014 14:07, 1xx
wrote: By default, CUPS-PDF outputs to /var/spool/cups-pdf/. ... Ubuntu customizes it to "{$HOME}/PDF". Fedora customizes it to "{$DESKTOP}".
The openSUSE's "Printing/cups-pdf" uses default. I think that "maintenance of the status quo" is desirable. Because many users have already used "Printing/cups-pdf".
Using /var/spool/cups-pdf is *very* un-discoverable to the average new user and shouldn't be used. Using the name "CUPS" in anything should also be discouraged as the average user doesn't know what that is (nor should they ever need to learn). Placing it somewhere in their home directory is not only more obvious but also probably more secure. I'd suggest not to use $Desktop though as modern KDE doesn't show desktop icons by default, so something like {$HOME}/PDF or "{$HOME}/Documents/PDF Printer" makes most sense to me.
From the security aspect, either create a 'run-as-user' wrapper and allow writing in $HOME (I'd prefer a subdir, like {$HOME}/PDF or "{$HOME}/Documents/PDF_Printer") or, let it run as root, and use /var/spool/cups-pdf/$USER/ with a link created in $HOME, see preferred names above, pointing there.
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