# User-Agent: CUPS/1.6.2 (Linux 3.8.0-29-generic; x86_64) IPP/2.0
We have a 'secure' (= cannot print without logging in with a fob)
printing system working on a Ricoh printer. The cups server is running
on my workstation, and I'm working mostly off of packet capture.
I *CAN* send a secured job to the printer *if* I do it from the command
line and invoke the -U flag (lp -p <printer> -U <username> <filename>);
I can see in the request packet the 'requesting-user-name' is set
properly (my 'organizational' user name, not my username on the local
system).
I have tried the following:
* putting 'Option job-originating-user-name <username>' in the
/etc/cups/printers.conf file (per Migas)
* adding 'job-originating-user-name' 'requesting-user-name' 'user-name' with my
institutional user name in the printer dialog box ('job options') ... and
combinations thereof. I can also confirm that these get indeed added to the
printers.conf file.
* adding 'job-originating-user-name=<username>' and 'requesting-user-name
<username>' to the local printer options in ~/.cups/lpoptions ('Dest <printer>
job-originating-user-name=<username> requesting-user-name <username>') and I
have also set each one in turn in that file.
In *none* of these cases does the cups server appear to pick up on any
of the settings, because I only ever find my username on the local
system in print requests (as obtained via packet captures).
Clearly, the plumbing to be able to *send* a print job as another 'user'
exists in cups (as evidenced by the ability to set it manually on a cli-
based print request). The information supplied to the printer config
dialog is clearly going into the printers.conf file. Other print options
are being read by the server, so in theory these other options should be
read as well (how to confirm?). Either the option is not being read
(ignored because it's not an option the server thinks it can handle?) or
it isn't being passed on even though the server will otherwise send the
local user name.
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Cannot declare itself as another username with CUPS server
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