I've had it before where root is on a timed password. For some strange
reason it will let you login etc, but won't let you do things such as
swat and cups. What I did was change the root password and it worked
fine.<br>
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Jo<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/23/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ritchie Fraser</b> <<a href="mailto:ritchie@rpfraser.uklinux.net">ritchie@rpfraser.uklinux.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Thursday 23 June 2005 06:50, you wrote:<br>> Ritchie Fraser wrote:<br>> > On Thursday 23 June 2005 00:38, Ritchie Fraser wrote:<br>> >>All,<br>> >><br>> >>I'm afraid I've been a numb-nuts and forgotten my admin password to allow
<br>> >>me to administer CUPS locally. How can I reset this? Which User does CUPS<br>> >>use (is it lp?).<br>> >><br>> >>I am trying to add/configure a printer via the CUPS web interface and it
<br>> >> is requesting a username and password. I've supplied all of the<br>> >> combinations of root / lp and possible passwords and still cant gain<br>> >> access. This is really frustrating, I knew the username/passsword just a
<br>> >> couple of weeks ago and now I seem to have forgot it.<br>> >><br>> >>All pointers, hints or just instruction IS appreciated.<br>> >><br>> >>Yours<br>> >><br>> >>Ritchie
<br>> ><br>> > What a womble I'm being just lately. Forgot to say: HP compaq nc6000<br>> > laptop, 256Mb Memory, 30Gb HDD, SuSE 9.1<br>> ><br>> > Old age and failing memory is racing upon my already feeble braincell ;-)
<br>> ><br>> > Thanks<br>> ><br>> > Ritchie<br>><br>> I've never used SuSE, so things may be different, but for<br>> Mandrake/Mandriva all Cups admin is done by root - so the username is<br>
> root and the password is the root password. Have you tried that<br>> combination?<br><br>Yes, and I can still do stuff as root like logging in etc... :-(<br><br>Thanks for the reply anyway!<br><br>Ritchie<br><br>--
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