On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:02:28 -0400, Arran Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On a side note, this problem would be a little less severe if I could > > > restart the printer without being root. Can anyone provide a hint for > > > that? > > > > use sudo perhaps? > > > > At the risk of making a fool of myself (because I've never actually used > sudo), I don't think that applies. > > In my case, anyone can browse to http://localhost:631/ and see things. > You click "Printers" and it shows the printer to be "Stopped". So you > click "Start Printer" and the browser pops up with a username/password > prompt. The only account that seems to work for this is root's. > > Not only is this annoying, it doesn't seem Linux-like to collect the > root password in such a way. Is there a group that I'm supposed to add > users to so they can admin CUPS? > > Anyhoo, I've now officially hijacked the thread. Remember, the original > poster was really looking for a solution to why CUPS stopped the printer > in the first place. >
Not a hijack if the original author agrees. Seems ot me that you've got it more or less right in my case also. As root all I did was tell the printer to start. I'd like it if a user could do the same. thanks, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
