How to Limit User Access to a Printer

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

2. Allow or deny users access to a printer.

   # lpadmin -p printer-name -u allow:user-list [ deny:user-list]

   -p printer-name	Name of the printer to which the allow or deny user access list applies.
   -u allow:user-list	User names to be added to the allow user access list. You can specify multiple user names with this command. Use a space or a comma to separate names. If you use spaces, enclose the list of names in quotes.  Table 5–5 provides the valid values for user-list.
   -u deny:user-list	User names to be added to the deny user access list. You can specify multiple user names with this command. Use a space or a comma to separate names. If you use spaces, enclose the list of names in quotes.  Table 5–5 provides the valid values for user-list.

   The specified users are added to the allow or deny list for the printer in one of the following files on the print server:

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/users.allow

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/users.deny

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   Note –

   If you specify none as the value for user-list in the allow list, the following files are not created for the print server:

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/alert.sh

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/alert.var

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/users.allow

   /etc/lp/printers/printer-name/users.deny

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3. Check the information following the Users allowed or Users denied heading in the output of the following command.

   $ lpstat -p printer-name -l

Examples—Limiting User Access to a Printer

The following example shows how to allow only nathan and george access to the printer luna.

# lpadmin -p luna -u allow:nathan,george

The following example shows how to deny nathan and george access to the printer asteroid.

# lpadmin -p asteroid -u deny:"nathan george"