Bug#858090: annoying password dialogs at upgrade time

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

Hello Harald. Thank you for your report.


On Sat 18 Mar 2017 at 08:20:00 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:

> Cups becomes *highly* annoying at upgrade time:

Normally cups is very placid. However, it will react if you ask it to
do something it doesn't like. :)

> # dpkg-reconfigure cups
> :
> Updating PPD files for cups ...
> Updating PPD files for hpijs ...
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn02 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn04 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn05 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn06 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn07 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn08 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn09 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn10 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn12 updated
> Password for root on srvvm03.example.com?  ********
> PPD for printer prn13 updated

Please see #855961. Provide, if necessary, the information asked for
there.

Regards,

-- 
Brian.