[sclug] CUPS problem

[Neil Haughton]

It's okay - I found my apt sources.list was in a bit of a pickle, so I
sorted that out, removed CUPS and then reinstalled it, and it is now
behaving.

Neil.


On 21 July 2011 13:00, <sclug-request at sclug.org.uk> wrote:

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> From: Neil Haughton <haughtonomous at googlemail.com>
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:10:36 +0100
> Subject: [sclug] CUPS problem
> Good day.
>
> I am trying to install a new printer on my Debian 6 box. (I already have
> one
> printer installed, which I did when it was a Deb 5 box)
>
> I am installing it through CUPS Admin using my browser, but the experience
> is the same if I do so using the usual 'Add Printer' facility under
> System>Administration>Printers. I get to the end of the installation
> process, and get the following message:
>
>
> "401 Unauthorized
> Enter your username and password or the root username and password to
> access
> this page. If you are using Kerberos authentication, make sure you have a
> valid Kerberos ticket. "
>
> I don't get an opportunity to enter any credentials, and even if I start my
> browser as root I get the same error.
>
> So what am I doing wrong, or is this an FU'd distro? Debian 5 didn't have
> this problem for me.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> TIA
>
> Neil.
>
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