[cups.general] Re: CUPS needs user name and password

[John C. Welch]

On 6/16/04 12:13 AM, "Steve Mushynsky" <steve at summerbeemeadow.com> wrote:

> Mac OS X 10.3 has the root user disabled and without an assigned password by
> default. I believe this is a change from prior versions as I don't recall
> having this problem before.

That's how OS X has always shipped.

> 
> Go to my posting at:
> 
> Mac OS X 10.3 : How to enable root user & password to access the CUPS GUI web
> page
> 
> For the solution to enabling the root user so you can access the CUPS
> administrative GUI webpage on your Mac with OSX 10.3

Root doesn't work for me. There seems to be a disconnect between CUPS on OS
X and the Authentication mechanism. I just have had to kill the lines in
cupsd.conf that ask for it.

john

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