[cups.general] Re: Web GUI Password

[Greg Folkert]

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 01:07 -0400, alanang at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 03:17:10PM -0600, Donald D Henson wrote:
> > > Everytime I try to do something with the GUI, it asks  me for a
> > > password. Where and how do I find/set it? Thanks for any assistance.
> >
> > use the 'root' username and the password for user 'root'
> >
> >
> > bye
> >
> > Jerome Alet
> >
> 
> Hi,
> I'm having the same problems.. and I tried the root username and password... no luck
> any other assistance would be appreciated

If you are using the GNOME stuff, it can be setup 2 different ways. If
you have gnomesu/gksu/*su for GNOME installed, it is probably re-asking
you for your password, but if you are not properly setup in the sudoers
file or in the sudo group (or both) this is probably why you are
failing.
-- 
greg, greg at gregfolkert.net

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