Password

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> What password do I use when adding a printer at localhost:631/admin?
> OS - FreeBSD 6.2

And which version of *CUPS* ???

> GUI - KDE-3.5.4
> Printer - Epson Stylus Photo R300


It depends...

 --> If your cupsd.conf says "AuthType Basic", it is the password
     for the system user named "root". (*)

 --> If your cupsd.conf says "AuthType Digest" (or "BasicDigest"),
     it is a password that you have to *first* *set* with the
     "lppasswd -a root" (or "lppasswd -a some_cups_admin_user") command.
     lppasswd will create and write the password into a separate
     /etc/cups/lppasswd file. This is good for maintaining some sort of
     privilege separation, but it requires you to maintain 2 different
     passwd data "bases".


(*) There may be other, additional limits in operation, that do prevent you from adding a printer via the web interface. Read the cupsd.conf documentation (man page, reference page, Software Administrator Manual) about "Allow From", "Order", "AuthGroup" etc.)

Cheers,
Kurt

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Kurt Pfeifle
System & Network Printing Consultant ---- Linux/Unix/Windows/Samba/CUPS
Infotec Deutschland GmbH - A RICOH Company .......... Stuttgart/Germany