Re: printer setup
On Mon, 2007-06-04 at 23:39 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> > I've tried cups but it asks for a user name and password but does not
> > accept mine and I have to cancel out of cups. I assume that since I'm
> > not on line this option will nt work.
>
> You would need to use the root user, and the root password. Go to
> http://localhost:631, and, when asked, use root, and not your regular
> user.
Sorry for a late entry here, so I don't know what's been said before...
IIRC cups by default does not accept root for administration. The OP
must add himself to the group "lpadmin" (through su, or whatever). He
must then ***totally log out of X AND the underlying console session (if
he used startx)***. Log back in, start up X, then use cups. His
account name and password should then be accepted.
Kenward
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