On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:19 -0300, "Tiago Saboga" <tiagosab...@gmail.com> wrote: > whollyg...@letterboxes.org writes: > > > 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 :( > > What about adding your user to the group lpadmin? I found [1] as the > second link when googling for "debian cups password". >
That worked. I found the same solution on the cups.org site. Thanks all > Tiago Saboga. > > [1] - http://www.debianhelp.org/node/9152#comment-32290 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
