lppasswd problem

[Kurt Pfeifle]

russbucket wrote:
> Reinstalled complete system since disk failure. Using SUSE10.2, Cups
> 1.2.7-12.1. When I put in password with lppassword username, 

It is "lppasswd -a username" (not "lppassw*or*d").

> the the
> password. I can see it changing in /etc/cups/passwd.md5. 

Ah, that should be OK then...

> When I try adding
> a printer thru localhost and enter info, to add printer. It says
> authentication failed. 

lppasswd/passwd.md5 is for "AuthType Digest" and "AuthType BasicDigest"
authentication.

Maybe you have "AuthType Basic"?

> Same when I try with root. As best I can tell
> everything has correct permissions. 

What is written into your error_log...

 ...while you try to add a printer through the localhost:631 web
    interface
 ...after you have enabled "LogLevel debug" in cupsd.conf
 ...and restarted CUPS?

> Apache2 is set for cookie authorities and appears to be working.

Apache has nothing to do with CUPS at all. ("localhost:631" is purely
CUPS...)

> Any pointers or ideas on where to look?

 - your config files,
 - your error_log with LogLevel debug,
 - the Release Notes of openSUSE-10.2 re. their CUPS setup,
 - also, parse the Release Notes for all new releases of CUPS since
   1.2.7 for any potential bugs that may have been fixed since that
   time (see at http://www.cups.org/relnotes.php )

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