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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Do you mean CUPS like the print server? Seems like an interesting request. We once, LONG AGO, did something like this for a customer to be able to generate/print files on the fly from their DEC Alpha server hosted in our facility
so that the output could be viewed at their office on the other side of the country. We used a BlueQuartz machine at the time to do this which was dedicated to that customer. All of that hardware has been long since retired.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yup – that is what I’m talking about. Customer wants to be able to print from their VPS to office printers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:36.0pt">You should be able to add CUPS via yum or dnf. Keep in mind that this is going to open up additional services (pronounced "security targets") on your server, so if it's shared with other customers that's a potential risk to them.
If you've got things well secured and are comfortable with the risks, maybe it's no problem. If it's a truly custom / one-off solution for the customer, you might consider them on a dedicated instance. Food for thought.
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">This particular VPS is dedicated so no vulnerability there. I would never do it on a shared VPS anyway.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Also access is locked down so not open to the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I just wanted to check it wouldn’t break anything. <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Colin<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
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