Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account?

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.printing
Subject	Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account?
Date	2013-01-30 00:59 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<slrnkggs3n.6gh.g.kreme@ananke.local> (permalink)
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  Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> On 1/28/2013 6:46 AM PT, Steve W. Jackson typed:

>>> When I try to pause, it asked me to enter an administrator account name
>>> and its password. Why? I could cancel without any problems. It doesn't
>>> make any sense.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance. :)
>>
>> You should be able to delete documents in the queue if they belong to
>> your non-admin account that printed them.  But pausing the queue is a
>> system-wide thing and should logically require admin privileges.

> Yes, deleting works but why not for pausing a print? It makes no sense?

This was *just* explained to you.

When you delete a print job, it is *your* print job. When you pause the
print queue, it is *everyone's* print queue. *your* stuff doesn't
require admin access, *everyone's* stuff does.

-- 
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

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Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-01-27 22:26 -0800
  Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? "Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@knology.net> - 2013-01-28 08:46 -0600
    Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-01-29 02:32 -0800
      Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-01-29 06:45 -0500
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-01-29 13:26 -0600
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2013-01-29 11:36 -0800
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-01-29 15:14 -0500
      Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-01-29 09:34 -0800
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-01-29 13:26 -0600
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> - 2013-01-29 14:24 -0800
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-01-30 09:16 -0800
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-01-30 14:42 +0100
      Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) - 2013-01-29 09:34 -0800
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2013-01-29 13:28 -0600
          Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2013-01-29 19:44 +0000
            Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-01-30 14:38 +0100
        Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> - 2013-01-31 17:48 -0500
      Re: Can't pause printer in Mac OS X's print queue list with a non-administrator account? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-01-30 00:59 +0000

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