> Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will
> not endear me to the customer[s])?

Can you create another account that's used for CUPS administration?
I've done that on one SL6 machine so the application admins can deal
with their printers. IIRC, I created a group and added it to the
SystemGroup line in /etc/cupsd.conf. Assign the user account(s)
membership to that group.

                 - Bluejay Adametz, CFII, A&P, AA-5B, http://wildcorvid.org

186,000 miles/second. It's not just a good idea. It's the LAW!

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