> Firstly, an installation of Debian without a root password will > install sudo. Therefore, it does not need to be a dependancy of > HPLIP. > > Secondly, HPLIP will only interact with Debian via a root pasword. > A user's password with sudo is not acceptable. See > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825383 > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925222 > > Having HPLIP depend on sudo is not a solution. Hence closing.
Ok, keeping systems with a root account sudo-free has some value, but I'll note that sudo without a root account works fine with the following lines added to ~/.hplip/hplip.conf :
[authentication] su_sudo=sudo Best, Teemu