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Re: [SLE] cups password problems
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:19:04 -0400
- Message-id: <20050409111904.171f22d9@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 08:30:02 +0200
Chadley Wilson <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a problem with cups and can only find noise on google,
>
> When I reboot, I have to reinstall my canon printer, this happens
because a
> password is required to authenticate on cups, so that the printer can
start.
>
> CUPS does not accept any of my local accounts or root account details.
> Even if I go through my browsers, (Konqueror, firfox, mozilla)
(localhost:631)
Bring up a terminal window, and use the lppasswd(1) command to set up a
CUPS password.
as root:
$ lppasswd -a <username>
You will be prompted for a password.
Once you do this, restart the CUPS daemon:
$ rxcups restart
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
Chadley Wilson <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a problem with cups and can only find noise on google,
>
> When I reboot, I have to reinstall my canon printer, this happens
because a
> password is required to authenticate on cups, so that the printer can
start.
>
> CUPS does not accept any of my local accounts or root account details.
> Even if I go through my browsers, (Konqueror, firfox, mozilla)
(localhost:631)
Bring up a terminal window, and use the lppasswd(1) command to set up a
CUPS password.
as root:
$ lppasswd -a <username>
You will be prompted for a password.
Once you do this, restart the CUPS daemon:
$ rxcups restart
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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