On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:19:52 -0400 Rick Thomas <rbthoma...@pobox.com> 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>? There's a great deal of seemingly relevant documentation in the CUPS online help under Getting Started / Managing Operation Policies. Based on a very brief perusal of the docs and my pretty bog-standard cupsd.conf, I'd suggest adding your user to the lpadmin group and seeing if that helps. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
