id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
8849	cupsd (2.2.2) fails to start	ken@…	ken@…	"This was a pain to get a grip on (even when building with debug symbols, cupsd seems to be stripped when installed, so I had to use gdb on the compiled source scheduler/cupsd). That appeared (skipping through with 'n') to not be able to read /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.

But apparently that message also appears if cups does not ''understand'' that file. Looking at previous versions, there is a new chunk in cupsd.conf:
{{{
+
+# Set the kerberized printer/job policies...
+<Policy kerberos>
+  # Job/subscription privacy...

... through to

+  <Limit All>
+    Order deny,allow
+  </Limit>
+</Policy>
}}}

Unfortunately, there are no configure references for kerberos, but it does mention gssapi and various places in the source show that gssapi provides kerberos support.

As a first step, I tried installing an old cupsd.conf without the additions - cupsd now started ok.

So, apart from noting that gssapi is now an optional dependency, how to fix this ?  Once I knew where the problem lay, I got lucky :

[https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/4947]

Gentoo had already found this, and they use a patch if gssapi is not used - I ''think'' we can do that with a sed (not yet tested). "	defect	closed	normal	8.0	BOOK	SVN	medium	fixed