System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

How to Limit User Access to a Form

  1. Log in as superuser, lp, or assume an equivalent role on the print server.

  2. Allow or deny users access to a form.


    # lpforms -f form-name -u allow:user-list | deny:user-list
    

    -f form-name

    Name of the form for which the allow or deny user access list is being created. 

    -u allow:user-list

    Represents users to be added to the allow access list. Use a comma or a space to separate users' login IDs. If you use spaces, enclose the list of IDs in quotes.  

    Table 5–5 provides the valid values for user-list.

    deny:user-list

    Represents users to be added to the deny user access list. Use a comma or a space to separate users' login IDs. If you use spaces, enclose the list of IDs in quotes. Table 5–5 provides the valid values for user-list.

    The specified user(s) are added to the allow or deny user access list for the specified form in one of the following files on the print server:

    /etc/lp/forms/form-name/allow or

    /etc/lp/forms/form-name/deny

  3. Verify the allow and deny user access lists.


    # lpforms -f form-name -l
    

Examples—Limiting User Access to a Form

The following example shows how to allow only the users nathan and marcia access to the check form.


# lpforms -f check -u allow:nathan,marcia

The following example shows how to deny users jones and smith access to the dental form.


# lpforms -f dental -u deny:"jones,smith"