On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 01:54 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Friday 29 December 2006 23:00, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 22:06 -0500, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > > I had my HP970Cxi working, then it failed. I managed to install it > > > again, once, and it successfgully printed a test page, but nothing since. > > > I decided to remove it, and start over. Now when I get up to the window > > > that says "settings" and "print test page" or something like that, I > > > select letter size, and then go to test, and a little "Authentication - > > > KDE Daemon" window opens in the bottom tool bar. I snap on that, and it > > > asks me for a password. I have never used more than one password on this > > > machine, but the Daemon won't take that password. What do I do now? If > > > I can't have a printer work in Linux, I will have no choice but to go > > > back to Windows, even the miserable Windows 98, which I at least have the > > > software for, somewhere. Don't send me anything I have to print out to > > > learn--I can't print anything at the moment, and the Windows machine is > > > totally kaput right now. As you can see, it's hair-tearing time on Long > > > Island! > > > > As the user root: > > > > lppasswd -a -g sys some_user_name > > > > input the password twice and you're good to go. > > > > -- > > Ken Schneider > > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 > > I thank you very much for your assistance, but I have a problem: > > This is what I was complaining about the other day. I don't want the damned > system to tell me what my password should look like, I want to select it > myself, whether it has only five characters, whether it has a number in it, > whether it has mixed case, etc. How can I make the system accept a simple > password that I can remember? Just 5 characters, with or w/o a number, for > instance? Anyone who really wants into the system will get in anyway-- > they've gotten into the DoD and the FBI, and some super-secret British agency, > so what's the big deal? I don't have my banking information on line, and > won't. > > I've looked at man passwd, and there are only a few lines, nothing to help > solve this problem, altho I think some folks had a way of modifying passwd so > you could use what you want. Unfortunately, I have no useful fecord of > that--it may have come in on the Windows machine, which is, at the moment, > hors de combat, and is likely to be for a few days, at least. I have also > looked at the 4th Edition of the Linux Bible and found no assistance. If it > is possible to change the actions of passwd, then how? >
This has _NOTHING_ to do with passwd, look again at the command I gave you. Can you not see that there is a difference between passwd and lppasswd Lighten up a bit. You asked about a "cups" admin password, AKA printing password, and I gave you the answer. The cups admin password has absolutely _NOTHING_ to do with the system password file, it is a completely separate item. As for the system password being toooooo loooong and complicated for you go into YaST-->Security and Users-->Local Security and change the settings to your hearts content. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
