I will repeat this until you understand it. YOU MUST USE THE USER NAME “ROOT” NOT YOUR USERNAME AND USE “ROOT’S” PASSWORD. Until you do this you will NEVER be able admin a *nix system. Certain operations on a Unix/Linux system require the credentials of almighty “root”. Accept this fact of life. Ken Schneider
On Feb 3, 2021, at 2:38 PM, Doug McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> wrote:
On 2/2/21 11:51 AM, Kenneth Schneider wrote: You need to use root credentials to make changes using localhost:631 unless you add your user to the right groups.
Ken Schneider You haven't been reading the mail. I can open CUPS, I can (maybe) modify the printer characteristics, but when I try to do so, CUPS asks for a user name and password. I put in the only username I ever use--doug-- and the only password I use on the computer, which I use to boot up and to activate an admin function with su - CUPS says forbidden. If the computer thinks I have a different user name, how do I find out? And I'm pretty sure it won't tell me the password it's expecting, but I'm damned if I'm going to change that, since I need it all the time. --doug
On Feb 2, 2021, at 5:57 AM, Axel Braun <docb@opensuse.org> wrote:
Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2021, 11:52:47 CET schrieb Carlos E. R.:
On 02/02/2021 08.27, Axel Braun wrote: Am Dienstag, 2. Februar 2021, 01:59:36 CET schrieb Doug McGarrett:
OK, if that's the case, how do I find out what the epson wants to see for a definition? It certainly did not want to see any of the definitions I tried. Maybe I issed something, but if you fire up the CUPS menu (localhost:631) , select the printer -> maintenance -> change default values, there are drop- down menus for each value.... You missed that he gets not authorized. Thank you Carlos - root does either not work?