Authentification problems

[Michael Sweet]

Anonymous wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I'm pretty new to this whole cups business and I'm already in need of help...
> I want to use a printer in the uni network (under TCP). Most printers show up fine, but not my printer. Therefore I tried to configure it (in grafical mode, not commandline, as I am new...), with IP adress, etc.
> Now the problem is: Cups wants a password. I can't even access the "Do Administration Task" on <http://localhost:631>. As far as I understand it the localhost is my own computer. So using my password should work, or at least the root password. Neither one does.
> Any solutions?
> 
> In the cupsd.conf file the AuthType is not on NONE, which would be default apparently. So when has this all changed? Can't be a mistake made by me, since I first heard about Cups today and I haven't been able to change anything.
> Yep, I'm in deep ...
> Daniel

What OS?

What version of CUPS?

If this is MacOS X 10.3.x, check out the CUPS FAQ on the subject at:

     http://www.cups.org/faq.php?16

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