config/print: split up information more logically #64
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Thank you this is exactly what I meant with the CUPS issue and this is a great improvement!
I just have some small tweaks for the system-config-printer/PolicyKit section. I really think it would be cleaner to have information on how to just run the program before getting into the topic of PolicyKit privileges.
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This should probably just be # system-config-printer. I'd like this a lot better if it was shown as running with root, followed by a note about the need to run as root, and the polkit exceptions and a mention of the cups-pk-helper package.
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Yeah I waffled a bit on whether to use root or user in the example. Went with user because it is typically bad form to run GUI apps as root. I will change it though. It is just an example, and as you mention below the audience will have some level of basic proficiency.
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| If you are not using the `polkit` helper mentioned above, the command must be | ||
| invoked as root. Various packages can be used invoke GUI applications as root, | ||
| including `lxqt-sudo` and `kdesu`. |
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I think this is slightly outside of the scope of this page. This handbook has so far been assuming basic proficiency of being able to launch both user and superuser commands from a terminal, and we might be better off sticking to that assumption here.
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| `cups-pk-helper` is installed. | ||
| Normally this tool would require root privileges to configure printers, but | ||
| unprivileged access through `polkit` can be achieved with a helper. If you are | ||
| interested in this, install the helper: |
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if you are using PolicyKit, you can install the cups-pk-helper package to allow unprevileged users access to CUPS configuration.
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Well one note I would have here is that the CLI tools and web interface would still need root. Just system-config-printer and some other GUI tools take advantage of the policykit helpers.
Should address #41 and #57