On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 13:40:51 -0500 Robert Tilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am attempting to add an SMB shared printer (on my wife's 'doze 2000 box) > and am experiencing problems. > > The KDE Wizard will scan and see my wife's printer but cannot add the printer. > > After configuring all aspects of the printer through the Wizard, I click OK > to create the printer. Then a dialog comes up titled 'kcmshell' tell me that > "The access to the requested resource on the CPUS server running on > <B>localhost (port 631)</B> requires a password." > > I have tried my user password, the root password and both have failed. I > assume now that some printing-user account must exist and I need to use that > password. > > Any and all input is much appreciated! Two things: - Do you have an account on the Winbox? - localhost:631 is CUPS, as you probably know. Pull up <the browser of your choice>, go to http://localhost:631, and see if you can get in that way. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | ! "As I like to joke, I may have invented it, but Microsoft | | made it popular" David Bradley, regarding Ctrl-Alt-Del | +------------------------------------------------------------+