Re: CUPS Administration
From: Josef G. (ns_golojo_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:52:08 +0300
Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> I don't appear to be having much luck configuring server things!
>
> CUPs on a NIS Master. When I fire up the browser, and request
> http://localhost:631, the CUPS page comes up fine. If I click on the Do
> Administration Tasks option, it asks for a log in. From my reading, I
> believe root is the correct login here... at which point it rejects me
> saying authentication failed and do I want to retry.
>
> I guarantee the password I supplied for root was correct. So I imagine
> there is some CUPS-specific account that it causing grief. But I can't
> find a reference to what that might be.
>
> On a similar note, if I use the Utilities - Printing - Printing Manager -
> Print Server - Configure Server, it asks for a username and password, but
> won't accept my root login. However, when I select the 'Restart Server'
> option in much the same place, it says it needs root privileges, I supply
> the password, and it restarts just fine. So I can restart the thing, but I
> can't administer it.
>
> I am floundering, I realise. Can you help?
>
> Regards
> HJR
If you use SuSE 9.0 or higher have a look at:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/09/jsmeix_print-einrichten-90.html
You have to define access to cups server with lppasswd. Explanation can be
found by: man lppasswd. If u need any additional help, please ask.
-- Have a nice day, 8:) Josef G.; Linux Counter UserID: 52525 Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Art History josefgol@post.tau.ac.il(nospam)
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