[Klug-general] Re: Cups - Admin Password

[linuxgirlie]

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.


Jo


On 6/23/05, Ritchie Fraser <ritchie at rpfraser.uklinux.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 23 June 2005 06:50, you wrote:
> > Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> > > On Thursday 23 June 2005 00:38, Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> > >>All,
> > >>
> > >>I'm afraid I've been a numb-nuts and forgotten my admin password to 
> allow
> > >>me to administer CUPS locally. How can I reset this? Which User does 
> CUPS
> > >>use (is it lp?).
> > >>
> > >>I am trying to add/configure a printer via the CUPS web interface and 
> it
> > >> is requesting a username and password. I've supplied all of the
> > >> combinations of root / lp and possible passwords and still cant gain
> > >> access. This is really frustrating, I knew the username/passsword 
> just a
> > >> couple of weeks ago and now I seem to have forgot it.
> > >>
> > >>All pointers, hints or just instruction IS appreciated.
> > >>
> > >>Yours
> > >>
> > >>Ritchie
> > >
> > > What a womble I'm being just lately. Forgot to say: HP compaq nc6000
> > > laptop, 256Mb Memory, 30Gb HDD, SuSE 9.1
> > >
> > > Old age and failing memory is racing upon my already feeble braincell 
> ;-)
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Ritchie
> >
> > I've never used SuSE, so things may be different, but for
> > Mandrake/Mandriva all Cups admin is done by root - so the username is
> > root and the password is the root password. Have you tried that
> > combination?
> 
> Yes, and I can still do stuff as root like logging in etc... :-(
> 
> Thanks for the reply anyway!
> 
> Ritchie
> 
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