CUPS Remote Root Login Refused

Kurt Pfeifle kpfeifle at danka.de
Sun Aug 20 12:37:53 PDT 2006


John Bertelsen <jo.bertel at verizon.net> wrote (Sunday 20 August 2006 20:07):

> From remote PC on the LAN it is possible to access CUPS web 
> management interface. When trying to perform administrative 
> functions am prompted for a username and password, but get the
> message: "Unauthorized Administrative commands are disabled in
> the web interface for security reasons. Please use the GNOME  
> CUPS manager (System > Administration > Printing)."

Doesn't it also say, in the very next sentence: 

   "/usr/share/doc/cupsys/README.Debian.gz describes the 
    details and how to reenable it again."

??

Anyway -- this is not a CUPS problem at all. Rest assured, that CUPS 
ships in a default setup that works the way it is intented to.

Please turn to the Ubuntu user forums for help. Or file a bug report
at  https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+filebug

It was the decision of the Ubuntu maintainers to ship CUPS built, 
packaged and setup in a way that cripples a lot of its convenience
functions, "for security reasons".

Cheers,
Kurt




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