On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 21:17 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > On Tuesday 03 April 2007 18:50, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > * Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-03-07 18:22]: > > > On Monday 02 April 2007 21:46, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > > * Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-02-07 20:32]: > > > > [...] > > > > [...] > > > > > I have read man lppasswd but I don't know what to do next. It would > > > appear from the error message that the username is doug, but it says > > > on localhost, and the man lppasswd refers to cups, not localhost, or > > > am I still missing something? > > > > yes, you are missing something. From 'man lppasswd': > > > > DESCRIPTION > > lppasswd adds, changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest > > password file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd > > will prompt for the old and new passwords. When run by the > > super-user, lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change > > existing accounts (username), or delete accounts (-x username) > > in the digest password file. Digest usernames do not have to > > match local UNIX user†names. > > > > [....] also > >
The command needs to be run as root. You can do this either by logging in as root or simply use su to become root. The command is: lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username You will be asked to supply a password twice. Once this is setup you will need to use this supplied user name and password. And the some_admin_username can be anything you want it to be. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
