Update to Mac OS10.3 password problem

[Matt Broughton]

In article <19471-cups.general at news.easysw.com>,
 Anonymous <anonymous at easysw.com> wrote:

> Anonymous wrote:
> > Hi there I upgraded to Mac OSX10.3.5 and now my printer Kyocera 1010 has 
> > returned to low resolution. I tried to set 600dpi with CUPS but a password 
> > is required. I never set a password for this "thingy". Even if I log on as 
> > admin I cant get into the Printer setup. Should I buy a PC with longhorn 
> > now?
> >
> > Thanks for Your help
> >
> > Peter
> 
> hello peter. have you found a solution to the above problem? cos i have the 
> same...thanks, michi

There is a known problem with authentication in Mac OS X 10.3.x that 
began with the security update of 2004-04-05.  I have posted a patch to 
my website that will disable that portion of the security update and 
allow access to the administrative functions via the web interface 
without needing a username and password.  
<http://my.vbe.com/~mbrought/ShadowHash_Patch.html>

The cups.org web page <http://www.cups.org/faq.php?16> also discusses 
this problem.  The patch on my site basically takes the route of 
removing the troublesome lines in the cupsd.conf file.

-- 
Matt Broughton
Only relatives are absolute.