#1115502 cups: Share This Printer not working from web interface.

Package:
cups
Source:
cups
Description:
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Submitter:
Dean Montgomery
Date:
2025-10-03 20:47:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1115502#5
Date:
2025-09-17 16:00:03 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

The Cups Web Interface => "Add Printer" => "Share This Printer" check box has stopped working.
We also can not use "Modify Printer" to Share the printer queue.

The workaround is to use...
lpadmin -o printer-is-shared=true -p QUEUE_NAME

We use "Share This Printer" in our school district to share the printer to devises on the lan.

This feature was working before upgrading to Debian Trixie.
#1115502#10
Date:
2025-09-17 16:14:52 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

It seems to be an up-stream bug.  Are you able to port the fix into
Debian Trixie?

https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/1008

Thanks.
#1115502#15
Date:
2025-10-03 20:40:51 UTC
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To:
Hi there,

I encountered the same problem. As
https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/1379 suggests, *Allow remote
administration* checkboxes are also not working. Additionally, while the
GitHub issue recommends upgrading to 2.4.14, the fix seems to have been
implemented in 2.4.11
<https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/09bfbb6df5a8457f0c22def26329891f34fdad1f>.

I compiled 2.4.14 from source, and it's definitely fixed there.