Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 16:13:19 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 14:23:34 Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >

solved - Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Brian wrote: I wish I could have confidence in your interpretation of what you see. The pop-up has two blank fields. Why you maintain the default user is "root" and it needs to be changed is beyond me. Yes, I maintain it... I don't have 2 blank fields, but 2 fields

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 15:58:45 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: > > When it pops up the requester, did you change it from the default > > root to your name you've added to lpadmin and your passwd? That > > works here. > >yes, I do that, and my password

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 14:23:34 Brian wrote: > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: When it pops up the requester, did you change it from the default root to your name you've added to lpadmin and your passwd? That works here. yes, I do that, and my password is refused, as well as the root one

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a > > normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a > normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user > you can administer through the web interface.

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 17:37:59 +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a normal user >to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user you can >administer through the web

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user you can administer through the web interface. hi Roberto, alas, I already did that, without success.

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631

2019-11-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user you can administer through the web interface. hi Roberto, alas, I already did that, without success.

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631

2019-11-30 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 06:01:18PM +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > I tried to add a printer using the localhost:631 cups interface, > but the root password was refused, as well as mine > To be sure that the provided password was valid, I reset it with the > passwd command. > can anybody

password refused by cups on localhost:631

2019-11-30 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, I tried to add a printer using the localhost:631 cups interface, but the root password was refused, as well as mine To be sure that the provided password was valid, I reset it with the passwd command. can anybody explain that? best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel