Cups problem with root access

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Wed Aug 1 02:21:27 UTC 2007


david walcroft wrote:
> I cannot get cups to accept a root login on the web page,it keeps
> resurfacing
> for a login after entering the root password.Where does cups store its
> passwords
> so I can delete the password and enter a new one.
> Is there another way around this problem.
> 
>  Thanks  david
> 
Are you accessing the CUPS page from the local, or a remote machine?
 CUPS will not allow remote administration with the default settings.

As far as I know, CUPS uses PAM to check the passwords, so if the
root password will allow you to log in as root on the machine CUPS
is running on, it should allow you to administer CUPS.

Mikkel
-- 

  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/attachments/20070731/36c8ca6f/attachment-0002.bin 


More information about the users mailing list