Cups printer config.

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 17:52 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> 
> > I seem to get a whole lot of things I could change on this page,
> >> eg add printer, manager printer, etc.
> >> I'm asked for my CUPS login name and password when I try to do anything,
> >> which I recall don't ever giving.
> >> However, it seems to allow me to proceed with my own name and password,
> >> which seems bizarre.
> >>
> >> CUPS is a marvelous system when it is working,
> >> but it is perversely difficult to set up.
> >> It must have been designed by an alien.
> >>
> > Tim, have you tried logging in as root?  On my system any changes have to
> > be done by root.
> 
> Bizarrely, I seem to be able to add and remove printers at will.
> I even sent a test-page to a non-existent printer I had added
> to a remote computer.
> Perhaps it is being printed out in Dublin, Ohio.
> 
> 
I have never seen the web interface allow oyu to add a printer a remote
location. Although due to browsing it sometimes it looks like that is
what happened.

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Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>