Feature changed by: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) Feature #313287, revision 7 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 + #4: Martin Seidler (pistazienfresser) (2012-03-19 09:31:32) (reply to + #2) + I have read the description of the feature/proposal again - especially + "if there is an easy way from inside YaST or while the initial install + to allow a non root user to add a printer." So this seem to be a + proposal to add a easier to realize option to switch the needed + privileges of adding a printer to normal user accounts (and not to + change the default security settings). I would like if an option like + this would be added. I will change my voting in pro/up. I think an good + place would be ether YaST>Security_Center or YaST>Printer or to both if + it would be only two GuIs that would effect the same settings (and the + change of one would also change the status you see on the other one). + So please pardon me about my misunderstanding the meaning of the + description. + Regards Martin #3: Sergio Gabriel (dahool) (2012-03-18 15:28:58) humm, I would say having an special group with privileges to add printers. Don't like the idea to let all non-root users to do this. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313287