On 22/06/06 22:24, kai wrote:
On Thursday 22 June 2006 05:52 pm, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 22/06/06 18:38, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Thursday 2006-06-22 at 16:36 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
<sigh> Thanks. Was hoping to avoid having another password to remember...
Change root's password to something else. Then, set cup's to the previous root's password. Then, reset Mr. root password.
;-)
You've missed the point. A password for CUPS "must be at least 6 characters long, cannot contain your username, and must contain at least one letter and number."
The system and CUPS passwords are stored in different places, so it is possible for them to be the same -- so long as the above conditions apply.
Interesting solution. I hadn't heard of doing this.
I still find it odd that CUPS needs a non-root password...
I'll try it out for a few systems (which have the passwords written on sticky notes) and let you know how it goes.
Note what Johannes wrote; CUPS doesn't need any passwords at all, if you are only going to use Yast for printer administration. The password is only needed if you intend to use the CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631) -- 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