On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 19:46 -0400, Craig Colton wrote: > On Monday 02 October 2006 17:18, Jim McConville wrote: > > Problem: Unable to administer "cups" because it will not accept root > > password. > > > > I have reviewd "help" at www.kde.org and reviewed several "Googled" sites > > for information. > > I have reviewed the Cups Software Administrative Manual, several > > README.txt's and INSTALL.txt's I also have tried various configure options > > in > > cups-1.1.20, cups-1.1.23 and cups-1.2.4 but cannot get administratve > > control. > > > > > > 1. I have a single computer and I am the only person that has physical > > access to it and I don't need this type of security. What "configure" > > options, ie --disable-xxx, are required to install cups without this > > security armor? > > Remember that cups is a server. Though you (and probably most) only want it > to > serve one printer to your one local computer, the very same software can be > used to control many printers from a networked remote print server. In short, > I don't think you can turn off cups' security features using a configure > switch. > > You can control how cups runs, though using it's configuration file > - /etc/cups/cupsd.conf - and this is the first place I would look for any > security related problems. > > Unless someone here has a quick answer for you (have you searched the > archives? seems like this might have come up before) I would change the > "LogLevel" in cupsd.conf to "debug" and check /var/log/cups/error.log for any > clues. > > Maybe next time you can attach this file and your config file - someone here > with sharp eyes may spot something. > > > Regards, > Craig I seem to remember running into this with other distros, and I believe the fix had something to do with user lp's passwd and root's group assignment. Unfortunately I don't remember exactly what I did that finally "fixed it", but I do remember doing what I've said and it worked. Maybe this will make sense to someone else and give the definitive answer.
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