Re: CUPS - how to match autodetected printers to physical ones
On Sun 10 Apr 2022 at 10:05:09 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2022-04-10 at 09:54, Brian wrote:
>
> > The snmp backend is not installed in the location I gave but has
> > to be moved there. Do either
> >
> > mv /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/snmp /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp
> >
> > or
> >
> > dpkg-reconfigure cups
>
> I've never taken specific action in either of these directions, but on
> my machine, this file exists in both of those locations. I suspect that
> they're actually hardlinked together.
>
> I imagine that this is probably the result of my choosing a particular
> option when configuring CUPS in the first place, but I have no
> recollection of what option that might have been, nor even specifically
> of having been given any CUPS-related prompts when installing this system.
>
> The point of which is: it's possible that the default for this might
> actually now be to have this enabled.
TBH, I am not in the mood for deciphering postinst files for cups and
cups-daemon. If the snmp backend file is not where it is on ny stable
and unstable machines, it is easy enough to adjust.
OTOH, reports of the technique I suggested are more than welcome.
--
Brian.
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