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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