Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 7:53 PM, whollyg...@letterboxes.org wrote: > >> On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:30 +0100, "thveillon.debian" >> <thveillon.deb...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>>> On 13 Jun 2009, gcr...@vcn.bc.ca 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. > > I believe (as in these old eyes have seen it happen -- but I can't > remember the exact circumstances) there is a configuration-time > option to set a userid that will have administrative control > over the Cups facility. All relevant configuration files are then > changed to belong to that user. > > It may be that you can get to it by running > > dpkg-reconfigure <something> > > Anybody on this list have any suggestions for appropriate values of > <something>? > > Rick > >
i believe what your looking for in <something> is cupsys. but thats not going to ask you for passwords or users or anything like that..... just tried it. take a look at this http://www.debianadmin.com/setup-cups-common-unix-printing-system-server-and-client-in-debian.html#more-316 the area where it says # Restrict access to the server… <Location/> Order allow,deny Allow localhost </Location> I have, Allow All, and it doesnt ask for a password. or you can put Allow <IP you want to give access to> then restart cups /etc/init.d/cupsys restart been awhile since i setup cups on my etch server but if i recall correctly it should be what your looking for. steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
