Feature changed by: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) Feature #313287, revision 4 Title: Allow printer add and modification to users openSUSE Distribution: New Priority Requester: Important Requested by: Lars Müller (lmuelle) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: This had been part of the discussion in this thread http://lists.openSUSE.org/opensuse/2012-02/msg01443.html At the moment you need to be root to add a printer. It would be of huge benefit to corporate, soho, and home users if there is an easy way from inside YaST or while the initial install to allow a non root user to add a printer. Discussion: #1: Johannes Meixner (jsmeix) (2012-03-02 16:04:47) As far as I understand it, the request is to have a dialog in YaST to set up what is described at "Allow printer admin tasks for a normal user" in http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell + #2: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) (2012-03-17 17:12:34) (reply to + #1) + A feature like described by Johannes I would vote up (vote with pro). + Eventually a possibility to choose this easily would be able to add + alternatively/cumulatively in the Security Center of YaST2. + But I do not see the sense in giving a user account by default this + might. As far as I know printers could be used to harm for example a + network. And in addition for many users it is often not an easy and + every day task to add a printer to a linux based system. If an + administrator does not trust a user - for example his daughter - to + know the root password because he do not trust her honesty or her + ability to use this might (and to rate her own ability) then I see no + probability why the user/daughter should be able and allowed to add a + printer. Because of this I vote against this feature described as it is + in the moment. + Regards Martin -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313287