How do I keep CUPS from starting in RHEL 7?

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Issue

  • We don't print from our RHEL 7 server and want to disable the CUPS service. I have disabled the service with "systemctl disable cups" and stopped it with "systemctl stop cups" but it keeps getting restarted. How can I keep it from starting?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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