No authentication in Systemsetting -> Printer Configuration

[Martin Kho]

Hi,

In System Settings -> Printer Configuration I tried to change some Options. 
This action needs root access, but no authentication pop up box appears. 
Instead I get:

"There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-forbidden'."

Using "system-configure-printer" gives an authentication pop up box.

I'm running fedora 11, kde 4.3.1-9 (x86_64)

Anyone else seeing this? Do I miss a package, have something wrongly configured 
or is it just a bug?

Thanks,

Martin  Kho

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 22 October 2009 12:34:58 Martin Kho wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In System Settings -> Printer Configuration I tried to change some Options.
> This action needs root access, but no authentication pop up box appears.
> Instead I get:
>
> "There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-forbidden'."
>
> Using "system-configure-printer" gives an authentication pop up box.
>
> I'm running fedora 11, kde 4.3.1-9 (x86_64)
>
> Anyone else seeing this? Do I miss a package, have something wrongly
>  configured or is it just a bug?

Yes, an oversight, a.k.a. a bug :-)  I believe that it is being dealt with 
upstream.  If you search bugs.kde.org you'll find that there are some related 
ones reported, such as asking for Dolphin to request a root password when it's 
required.  Meanwhile, it's necessary to run systemsettings from a root konsole 
for some jobs.

Anne

[Martin Kho]

> On Thursday 22 October 2009 12:34:58 Martin Kho wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In System Settings -> Printer Configuration I tried to change some
> > Options. This action needs root access, but no authentication pop up box
> > appears. Instead I get:
> >
> > "There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-forbidden'."
> >
> > Using "system-configure-printer" gives an authentication pop up box.
> >
> > I'm running fedora 11, kde 4.3.1-9 (x86_64)
> >
> > Anyone else seeing this? Do I miss a package, have something wrongly
> >  configured or is it just a bug?
>
> Yes, an oversight, a.k.a. a bug :-)  I believe that it is being dealt with
> upstream.  If you search bugs.kde.org you'll find that there are some
>  related ones reported, such as asking for Dolphin to request a root
>  password when it's required.  Meanwhile, it's necessary to run
>  systemsettings from a root konsole for some jobs.
>
> Anne

Thanks for the info, Anne. I only searched bugzilla.redhat :-)

Martin Kho