[Klug-general] Re: Cups - Admin Password

[Ritchie Fraser]

On Thursday 23 June 2005 19:00, you wrote:
> On Thursday 23 Jun 2005 18:16, Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 June 2005 07:56, Margot wrote:
> > > Ritchie Fraser 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
> > >
> > > Someone on another list was having a similar problem a few weeks ago,
> > > but he was using Ubuntu which doesn't have a root password - everything
> > > is done by sudo, so it turned out that all he needed was to enter his
> > > own "normal" username and password. Have you tried that?
> > >
> > > Failing that, in Mandrake/driva there's a handy little GUI utility
> > > called userdrake - used by root, it displays details of all users and
> > > groups and allows them to be edited. Is there something similar in
> > > SuSE?
> >
> > Hi Margot,
> >
> > Yep, my normal username/password combo also doesn't work.
> > SuSE has a Yast module called "User and Group Administration" which
> > requires the root password to open it, where I can change passwords etc
> > for any account. There is no dedicated account called cups. The only one
> > that I can see that might be relevant is lp. I have already changed the
> > password for this account but makes no difference. The web authentication
> > just wont accept it.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ritchie
>
> Richie,
> 	try:
>
> man lppasswd
>
> That should help you a bit.

Fantastic,

Used "lppasswd -a root" as suggested. I can now manage printers via the cups 
web interface. Many thanks to enquiries at thedumbterminal.co.uk and to all who 
suggested possible solutions.

Best Regards

Ritchie

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