printer config permission problems

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Mar 3 13:50:48 UTC 2011


On 03/03/2011 07:18 AM, Neal Becker wrote:
> Nice applet for system settings/printer configuration.  But don't try to change
> any settings, because it doesn't ask for root permission.  All it does is say:
>
> "There was an error during CUPS operation: 'client-error-forbidden'
>
> This is kdebase-4.6.0-0.1.fc14.x86_64

True.

kdesu kcmshell4 system-config-printer-kde

It's *supposed* to ask for root privileges on access, but that's been 
failing to function properly for some time.  I'm going to advocate that 
fixing that bug be a prerequisite for us continuing to ship 
system-config-printer-kde by default.

-- Rex


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