Hi,
I am trying to administer my printers over the web browser using cups. When I enter my root password it just keeps prompting me for my login and password. It does not say the pair are invalid, it just does not seem to accept them.
I am using default settings in the conf file which are supposed to accept root logins. I am using firefox.
Any idea what I should do? No further relevant data in the cups admin guide. You need to use the lppasswd(1) command to set the passwords for CUPS, not
Hi Jerry, Thanks, that solved it. I must have missed the discussion on this point. Vahe ----- Original Message ---- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 11:26:54 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] SPAM: CUPS not accepting root password - S 10.1 On Wednesday 26 July 2006 2:18 pm, Vahe Avedissian wrote: the system root password. That was in the SuSE release notes when they added this security back a few releases ago. It's been discussed on this list also. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org> 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 -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com