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Ankur Shah has been working with Linux/AIX for last 4 years as a System Administrator. His previous assignment was with Packt Publishing, where he worked as System Administrator and also started implementing CUPS. He completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is currently working as a SAP Basis Administrator and also started working on Governance Risk and Compliance for access Control. He is also interested in Oracle Database Administration and Security. He is the biggest fan of Kajol (a Bollywood actress) and dedicates this book to her. The day her movie releases is a day of celebration for him and he only parties once a year - 5th August - that's Kajol's birthday. It goes without saying that he watches all her movies several times - often dragging his friends and family to participate in his madness.
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Configuration Files


The following are some of the important files, which are normally edited by the CUPS administrator:

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Ankur Shah has been working with Linux/AIX for last 4 years as a System Administrator. His previous assignment was with Packt Publishing, where he worked as System Administrator and also started implementing CUPS. He completed his graduation in Computer Engineering from Nagpur University, India. He is currently working as a SAP Basis Administrator and also started working on Governance Risk and Compliance for access Control. He is also interested in Oracle Database Administration and Security. He is the biggest fan of Kajol (a Bollywood actress) and dedicates this book to her. The day her movie releases is a day of celebration for him and he only parties once a year - 5th August - that's Kajol's birthday. It goes without saying that he watches all her movies several times - often dragging his friends and family to participate in his madness.
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Configuration file

Significance

client.conf

This file configures the CUPS client. It contains the directives which provide information about the CUPS server for client machines. We will discuss this briefly in the next chapter, CUPS Client Setup.

classes.conf

This file contains information about each printer class. However, it contains only locally defined classes, not remote classes that are created automatically via browsing. Each directive is listed on a line by itself followed by its value.

It contains the information in plain text that can be modified using your favorite text editor. But it is recommended that you use the lpadmin command, web interface, or any other available GUIs to manage your printer class.

cupsd.conf

This file contains directives that control the manner in which the CUPS server (/usr/sbin/cupsd) operates. You can use lpadmin...