KDE/Plasma: Adding a printer doesn't work

[Terry Barnaby]

In Fedora29 it doesn't seem possible to add a printer as a normal user 
from the "System Settings" application. When you try there is an error 
message in the "Add a New Printer" dialog "Failed to get a list of 
devices: 'Forbidden'".

On Fedora27 and before this worked fine (you did have to enter the root 
password multiple times, which was a big pain, but at least it worked).

Any ideas if this should work properly ?

Terry

[PropAAS DBA]

I logged into KDA as root and was able to add a printer for all users on 
the laptoop

On 12/10/18 2:19 PM, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> In Fedora29 it doesn't seem possible to add a printer as a normal user 
> from the "System Settings" application. When you try there is an error 
> message in the "Add a New Printer" dialog "Failed to get a list of 
> devices: 'Forbidden'".
>
> On Fedora27 and before this worked fine (you did have to enter the 
> root password multiple times, which was a big pain, but at least it 
> worked).
>
> Any ideas if this should work properly ?
>
> Terry
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[PropAAS DBA]

I meant KDE, not KDA

On 12/12/18 8:20 AM, PropAAS DBA wrote:
> I logged into KDA as root and was able to add a printer for all users 
> on the laptoop
>
> On 12/10/18 2:19 PM, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> > In Fedora29 it doesn't seem possible to add a printer as a normal 
> > user from the "System Settings" application. When you try there is an 
> > error message in the "Add a New Printer" dialog "Failed to get a list 
> > of devices: 'Forbidden'".
> >
> > On Fedora27 and before this worked fine (you did have to enter the 
> > root password multiple times, which was a big pain, but at least it 
> > worked).
> >
> > Any ideas if this should work properly ?
> >
> > Terry
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[Terry Barnaby]

Yes, it works as root, but not for a normal user.

My kids use Fedora on their systems and there isn't a direct root KDE 
login on their systems. They used to be able to add random printers they 
or their friends have using the systemsettings application from their 
normal login. The systemsettings application prompted them for the root 
password when they need to make changes. However this no longer works 
(did in Fedora -> 27). I have found out that if your add their user to 
the group "sys" then they can modify printer settings without any 
passwords. However this seems a bit dangerous as I'm not sure what being 
in the group sys allows bar printer configuration.

Terry

On 12/12/2018 16:31, PropAAS DBA wrote:
> I meant KDE, not KDA
>
> On 12/12/18 8:20 AM, PropAAS DBA wrote:
> > I logged into KDA as root and was able to add a printer for all users 
> > on the laptoop
> >
> > On 12/10/18 2:19 PM, Terry Barnaby wrote:
> > > In Fedora29 it doesn't seem possible to add a printer as a normal 
> > > user from the "System Settings" application. When you try there is 
> > > an error message in the "Add a New Printer" dialog "Failed to get a 
> > > list of devices: 'Forbidden'".
> > >
> > > On Fedora27 and before this worked fine (you did have to enter the 
> > > root password multiple times, which was a big pain, but at least it 
> > > worked).
> > >
> > > Any ideas if this should work properly ?
> > >
> > > Terry
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>
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