Ubuntu
cups package

  1. Bug #283811
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 283811

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Henri (henrip) wrote :

One workaround is following. This will prevent CUPS to change

  sudo invoke-rc.d cups stop
  sudo vi /etc/cups/printers.conf
Put comment character into row: AuthInfoRequired username,password
  sudo chattr +i /etc/cups/printers.conf
  sudo invoke-rc.d cups start

CUPS can't take attribute immutable out from file. Changing file to read-only does not help enough.
If you need to restore file back to original state, run command
  sudo chattr -i /etc/cups/printers.conf

Still waiting for correct fix for this bug...