Re: How to change the user name and password in CUPS?

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "James" == James Ng Yuen Sum <james_nghk_debian_user@yahoo.com.hk> writes:

    James> Hi, I am a newbie in CUPS. When I first install CUPS with
    James> .tar.bz2 file, I choose the user name and password same as
    James> the root.

User name and password for what purpose?

    James> I have a problem with I print the test page, which cannot
    James> be printed, and the state always is "aborted", therefore, i
    James> take the question in the newsgroup in my city's linux
    James> community, one helper have the experience same as me, and
    James> he solve it when the user name and password is not that of
    James> root, so I want to ask how to change the user name and
    James> password.

On a default Debian Woody installation there is no password required
to print files. Access is enabled only for localhost. Also, the admin
user needs to be in the group 'lpadmin' so, for example, on my system
I had to execute 'adduser shyamal lpadmin' to add the user 'shyamal'
to the 'lpadmin' group. Then the user 'shyamal' had to logout and log
back in before the group privilege came in effect.

I hope this helps some. See the file /usr/share/doc/cupsys/README.Debian.gz

Cheers!
Shyamal