On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:30 +0100, "thveillon.debian" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 13 Jun 2009, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've just installed cups to manage an HP Laserjet 6P. It web > >> interface finds the printer everything is peachy until I select > >> a driver and click on "Add Printer". At that point I am > >> prompted for a username and a password. > >> > > [snip] > > If you have a root account set it's user "root" and it's password that > cups is asking for. If root account is not set (if you are using sudo > only), try your user name and password. >
Neither work. I tried them both already even though I didn't expect either to work. root logins are disabled, and using the user account and password will only get me root access, via sudo, not via a cups authorization prompt :( I guess I am going to have to figure out how to do this via cli. Thanks for taking a shot. -- [email protected] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
