The pre-filled "root" username only appears when the user's own username was tried and got forbidden (i.e. they authenticated but were not authorized).
I'm not particularly interested in tinkering with the credentials cache very much, but if you want to play with it feel free to send patches. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/653132 Title: "Add Printer" dialog requests root password if user is not in Configure Printers group To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-cups/+bug/653132/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
