Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

[Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 08:31:56PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> Nobody should be logging into the web interface as root.

As far as "nobody should...", I don't see the harm.  It's not like the
password is going over a network cable (or wireless EM).  It's just
loopback.

Also note the official instructions from the CUPS web site:

http://www.cups.org/doc/overview.html

  When you are asked for a username and password, enter your login
  username and password or the "root" username and password. On macOS®,
  the login username (or "short name") is typically your first and last
  name in lowercase.

Conveniently, there are no useful instructions on this page that tell
you how to arrange it so that your regular username and password will
work.  That only leaves "root".

Then again, there are no useful instructions on this page about how
to actually *get to* the web interface.  You have to find that on your
own.

There's truly a lot to be desired about this documentation.