1<!DOCTYPE HTML> 2<html> 3<!-- SECTION: Man Pages --> 4<head> 5 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/cups-printable.css"> 6 <title>client.conf(5)</title> 7</head> 8<body> 9<h1 class="title">client.conf(5)</h1> 10<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2> 11client.conf - client configuration file for cups (deprecated) 12<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2> 13The <b>client.conf</b> file configures the CUPS client and is normally located in the <i>/etc/cups</i> and/or <i>~/.cups</i> directories. 14Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character. 15<p><b>Note:</b> Starting with OS X 10.7, this file is only used by command-line and X11 applications. 16The <b>ServerName</b> directive is not supported on OS X at all. 17<h3><a name="DIRECTIVES">Directives</a></h3> 18The following directives are understood by the client. Consult the online help for detailed descriptions: 19<dl class="man"> 20<dt><b>AllowAnyRoot Yes</b> 21<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>AllowAnyRoot No</b> 22<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies whether to allow TLS with certificates that have not been signed by a trusted Certificate Authority. 23The default is "Yes". 24<dt><b>AllowExpiredCerts Yes</b> 25<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>AllowExpiredCerts No</b> 26<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies whether to allow TLS with expired certificates. 27The default is "Yes". 28<dt><b>Encryption IfRequested</b> 29<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Encryption Never</b> 30<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Encryption Required</b> 31<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the level of encryption that should be used. 32<dt><b>GSSServiceName </b><i>name</i> 33<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the Kerberos service name that is used for authentication, typically "host", "http", or "ipp". 34CUPS adds the remote hostname ("name@server.example.com") for you. The default name is "http". 35<dt><b>ServerName </b><i>hostname-or-ip-address</i>[<i>:port</i>] 36<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>ServerName </b><i>/domain/socket</i> 37<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the address and optionally the port to use when connecting to the server. 38<b>Note: This directive it not supported on OS X 10.7 or later.</b> 39<dt><b>ServerName </b><i>hostname-or-ip-address</i>[<i>:port</i>]<b>/version=1.1</b> 40<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the address and optionally the port to use when connecting to a server running CUPS 1.3.12 and earlier. 41<dt><b>User </b><i>name</i> 42<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies the default user name to use for requests. 43<dt><b>ValidateCerts Yes</b> 44<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>ValidateCerts No</b> 45<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em">Specifies whether to only allow TLS with certificates whose common name matches the hostname. 46The default is "No". 47</dl> 48<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2> 49The <b>client.conf</b> file is deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future version of CUPS. 50<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2> 51<a href="man-cups.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>cups</b>(1),</a> 52CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>) 53<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2> 54Copyright © 2007-2014 by Apple Inc. 55 56</body> 57</html> 58