[cups.bugs] [LOW] STR #1950: No able to login to cups web admininterface with other user than root

[Michael Sweet]

Johannes Meixner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Aug 31 07:37 Michael Sweet wrote:
>> [STR Closed w/o Resolution]
>>
>> Please contact your Linux distributor for this issue.
>>
>> Basically, your Linux distributor has changed CUPS so that it runs as the
>> "lp" user, which does not have permission to do authentication. You can
>> also read the FAQ documents referenced on the CUPS home page.
>>
>> Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1950
>> Version: 1.2.3
>> Fix Version: None
> 
> Isn't there a misunderstanding because the user initially wrote
> that he uses CUPS 1.2 ?

The PAM error is a dead giveaway for the "running as lp" issue.

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