[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
I got affected by this in Ubuntu 20.04. How come? In the status above it says "Fix released". Am I missing something? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gutenprint in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in foomatic-db package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gutenprint package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in python-cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python-cups source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
Still reproducable on 15.10 (Kubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foomatic-db in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in foomatic-db package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gutenprint package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in python-cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python-cups source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
To root user uses lpadmin, do I need to add "root" to "lpadmin" group??! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foomatic-db in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in foomatic-db package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gutenprint package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in python-cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python-cups source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
(same as bug #387970) Reproduced the problem in Ubuntu 14.04 with this command in a "root" session: lpadmin -p "Create_PDF" -v 'cups-pdf:/' -m "$Generic CUPS-PDF Printer" -P "/usr/share/ppd/cups-pdf/CUPS-PDF.ppd" -L "Personal PDF folder" -o 'printer-is-shared=false' -E Environment: Live session (u14.04) and chroot into the system I need to setup. In chroot environment there isn't normal user session (only root). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foomatic-db in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in foomatic-db package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gutenprint package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in python-cups package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in python-cups source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in system-config-printer source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
** Changed in: gutenprint (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: foomatic-db (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foomatic-db in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in “foomatic-db” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gutenprint” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “python-cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “python-cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
I'm seeing a very similar problem. I ran into this both upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 and then from 13.10 to trusty. Specifically, I see the following: Setting up cups (1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1) ... Updating PPD files for cups ... Updating PPD files for foomatic-db-compressed-ppds ... Password for root on localhost? Password for root on localhost? Password for root on localhost? Password for root on localhost? [Repeated in response to any input I supply, including ^c and ^d. ] The only "solution" I found was to kill the installation process, manually remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds, and then attempt to resume the installation with dpkg and apt-get directly. ** Also affects: foomatic-db (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: foomatic-db (Ubuntu Oneiric) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in “foomatic-db” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gutenprint” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “python-cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “python-cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
Ditto for package "gutenprint" although in this case ^c caused the dpkg process to continue smoothly. Setting up cups (1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1) ... Updating PPD files for cups ... Updating PPD files for foomatic-db-engine ... Updating PPD files for openprinting-ppds ... Updating PPD files for c2esp ... Updating PPD files for foo2zjs-common ... Updating PPD files for gutenprint ... Password for root on localhost? Updating PPD files for hpcups ... ** Also affects: gutenprint (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to foomatic-db in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in “foomatic-db” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gutenprint” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “python-cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “python-cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
I believe I have encountered this issue in a fresh install of Trusty. I was able to add a network printer only with "gksudo system-config- printer". Otherwise, my credentials were refused and I could get part way through printer installation, but could never complete it. I could cancel so the credentials dialog went away, but it came up again when I clicked on "apply" at the end of the install. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in “python-cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “python-cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cups/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 653132] Re: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group
Raring: Issue regressing in raring (latest updates as of 08-Mar-2013) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group Status in “python-cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “python-cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “system-config-printer” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: system-config-printer If you go to System->Administration->Printing and try and add printers without being in the Configure Printers group, the applet asks for the root account and root password. This is obviously not workable on Ubuntu where root has "no" password and the ideal situation is to use [gk]sudo or so to elevate privileges. If the user is not in the Printers group then he should be asked to enter the administration (sudo) password and not try and be root if possible. If root account and permissions are required (i.e. sudo is not enough) then the dialog should notify the user that they should enable it in Users & Groups rather than asking for a password which does not exist by default. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cups/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
