[HLUG] CUPS needs password

[Graham Cole]

 I think I know how this password problem started. In my OS I have a
six-letter password for root. This is not acceptable in CUPS: there must
be at least one number. Hence if CUPS has craftily taken on my normal
root password I am in an impossible position.
This raises a question of inbuilt incompatibility for some Linux users
of CUPS. If I'm right in my analysis I could go the long way round and
reset my root password then re-install CUPS. But in theory I should be
able to use the lppasswd command!
On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 20:38 +0100, Julian Robbins wrote:
> Graham Cole wrote:
> 
> >Hi everyone
> >I found a hint in the CUPS forum. Other people are being puzzled by
> >needing a password specifically for CUPS admin.
> >The hint was to execute the command lppasswd first. Give it the password
> >and user ID to run CUPS under. 
> >OK, I am root and I give it a password but it does not work. There is a
> >man page but I don't understand it as usual. Maybe someone else does? I
> >cannot see how to change or set a password from this man page...........
> >
> >lppasswd(1)                 Easy Software Products
> >lppasswd(1)
> >  
> >
> I think if I remember have you set up a root password in Hoary ? If not, 
> CUPS has to use the root account and password to do its stuff. If you 
> havnet got a root account defined, well it won't work.
> 
> To create a root account in Ubuntu hoary try
> 
> sudo passwd root
> 
> Julian
> 
> >NAME
> >       lppasswd - add, change, or delete digest passwords.
> >
> >SYNOPSIS
> >       lppasswd [ -a ] [ -g groupname ] [ -x ] [ username ]
> >
> >DESCRIPTION
> >       lppasswd  adds,  changes, or deletes passwords in the CUPS digest
> >pass- word file, passwd.md5. When run by a normal user, lppasswd will
> >prompt for the old and new passwords. When run by the super-user,
> >lppasswd can add new accounts (-a username), change existing accounts
> >(username), or delete accounts (-x username) in the digest password
> >file. Digest user-names do not have to match local UNIX usernames, but
> >only  UNIX  user-names are supported by the CUPS client programs (lp(1),
> >lpr(1), etc.)
> >
> >       The  -g  option  specifies a group other than the system group -
> >"sys", "system", or "root", depending on the operating system.
> >
> >SECURITY ISSUES
> >       The lppasswd command is installed setuid to root. While  every
> >attempt has  been  made  to  make  it  secure against exploits that
> >could grant super-user priviledges to unpriviledged users, paranoid
> >system adminis-trators  may  wish to disable or change the ownership of
> >the program to an unpriviledged account.
> >
> >SEE ALSO
> >       lp(1), lpr(1), CUPS Software Administrators Manual, CUPS Software
> >Users Manual, http://localhost:631/documentation.html
> >
> >COPYRIGHT
> >       Copyright 1993-2005 by Easy Software Products, All Rights
> >Reserved.
> >
> >7 June 2001               Common UNIX Printing System
> >lppasswd(1)
> >~
> >~
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >
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