[Kde-print-devel] [Bug 98191] Print server authentication configuration is confusing

[Dik Takken]

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d.h.j.takken phys uu nl changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Job viewer fails to cancel  |Print server authentication
                   |print job                   |configuration is confusing



------- Additional Comments From d.h.j.takken phys uu nl  2006-03-04 22:12 -------
I checked and the default setting is to access CUPS using the user name of the user that is loggin in on KDE. So, the default settings are working perfectly.

There are some things that are quite confusing about the configuration settings:

* When you uncheck the 'anonymous access' checkbox and press OK without providing a username, KPrinter just enables anonymous access again.
* It is unclear why you need to provide a username and password. The impression I get is that this is needed only when I need to access it using another user than myself.

I would suggest to use a radiobutton widget that provides three choices, of which you can choose only one:

* Access anonymously
* Access using my own username
* Access using custom username and password

When the third option is selected, the username/password line-edits should become accessible. Otherwise, they should stay grayed-out.

I will rename the bugreport to reflect the actual problem of confusingness.