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Bug#825383: /usr/share/hplip/doctor.py: hp-doctor will not accept sudo password and there is no root account



On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:15:55 +0000 Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat 27 Jan 2018 at 16:09:32 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
>
> > Look for "AUTH_TYPES" and change
> >
> > 'debian':'su'
> >
> > to
> >
> > 'debian':'sudo'
>
> I forgot to mention: reports of success are welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
>

I removed two dependencies to test the proposed workaround. Besides: The correct path of the file is /usr/share/hplip/base/password.py. Now the hp-doctor asked for the sudoer´s password. But: the installation of the missing dependencies failed.

ENTER SUDO PASSWORD
-------------------
Please enter the sudoer (reinhard)'s password:
Do you want to update repository and Install missing/incompatible packages. (a=install all*, c=custom_install, s=skip):a
Updating repository
-------------------
Installing Missing/Incompatible packages
----------------------------------------
cmd =libssl-dev
error: Failed to install 'libssl-dev' package, please install manually.
cmd =libsane-dev
error: Failed to install 'libsane-dev' package, please install manually.

Do you think this error results of a follow-up configuration problem in another file?

I will send a bug report to the hplip developers. If there are any solutions I will post them here.

Regards
Reinhard


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