Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cups
In order to get Kerberos authentication to work for the Windows/Samba
printer on my network, I wanted to comment out the AuthInfoRequired line
in my printers.conf. However, it turns out that this file gets
rewritten periodically; the time stamp suggests this is caused by
/etc/logrotate.d/cups
The effect is that the printer driver prompts for my user name and
password every time I try to print a document. This is mildly annoying
(especially because my local user name is different from what I need in
the authentication dialog) but acceptable; also, an alternative
workaround would be to hard-code my user name and password in the device
URI.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy cups
cups:
Installed: 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
Candidate: 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
Version table:
*** 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 0
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.4.3-1 0
500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Rewrites /etc/cups/printers.conf every night
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/627287
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