I sent this last night, but it hasn't come through the reflector.
Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hastings, Tom N
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 01:17
> To: 'ipp'
> Subject: OPS - ISSUE: Should Get-Printer-Supported-Values require
> operator/admin privileges?
>
> While finishing the last remaining editing on the "Job and Printer Set
> Operations" document, it occurred to me that the access control for the
> Get-Printer-Supported-Values operation would be more useful to
> Administrative clients, if it was the same as Set-Printer-Attributes,
> instead of the same as Get-Printer-Attributes. This is because an
> administrative client that supports the Set-Printer-Attributes operation
> SHOULD perform a Get-Printer-Supported-Values operation first in order to
> present to the administrator what the possible values are that can be set
> for the "xxx-supported" Printer attributes. If the Printer rejects the
> request due to access control, then the administrative client knows not to
> bother putting up the Set-Printer-Attributes UI, since any
> Set-Printer-Attributes operation will fail.
>
> (BTW, this would also provide a harmless way for the client to get the
> Printer to issue a challenge, since the Get-Printer-Supported-Values
> doesn't change the Printer).
>
> So ok if I make the access privileges for Get-Printer-Supported-Attributes
> be the same as Set-Printer-Attributes, i.e.,:
>
> Access Rights: The authenticated user (see [ipp-mod] section 8.3)
> performing this operation must be an operator or administrator of the
> Printer object (see [ipp-mod] Sections 1 and 8.5).
>
> Then Get-Printer-Supported-Values will have the following differences with
> Get-Printer-Attributes with number 5 being added:
>
> This operation has identical request/response attributes to the
> Get-Printer-Attributes operation in IPP/1.1 [ipp-mod]. The operation also
> behaves identically to the Get-Printer-Attributes operation in IPP/1.1
> [ipp-mod] with the following exceptions:
> 1. The Get-Printer-Supported-Values operation supports only
> "xxx-supported" attributes.
> 2. The Get-Printer-Attributes operation returns the current values of
> requested attributes while the Get-Printer-Supported-Values operation
> returns the values that are inherently supported by the implementation
> code, i.e., the values that an administrative client can set in a
> Set-Printer-Attributes request.
> 3. The Get-Printer-Attributes operation returns the current values of
> requested "xxx-supported" attributes that the Printer is configured to
> accept in Job Creation operations, including additional values defined by
> the administrator, while the Get-Printer-Supported-Values operation
> returns only the values of "xxx-supported" attributes that are inherently
> supported by the implementation and does not return any additional values
> define by the administrator.
> 4. The Get-Printer-Attributes never returns the 'admin-define'
> out-of-band attribute value, while the Get-Printer-Supported-Attributes
> operation is allowed to, if the implementation allows the administrator to
> set additional values for an "xxx-supported" attribute.
> 5. The Get-Printer-Attributes operation can be performed by an
> end-user, while the Get-Printer-Supported-Values requires operator or
> administrator privileges.
>
> If I don't hear any objections, I'll produce the document with this
> addition.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
>
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