[cups.general] kerberos de-authentication help

[Michael Sweet]

On May 5, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Rad wrote:
> While checking out the CUPS web interface I managed to (very foolishly) turn on kerberos authentication. I would like to get rid of kerberos authentication, but I have no idea how to do it. When I unclick kerberos authentication and click on "change settings" I get the following error message: "401 Unauthorized
> Enter your username and password or the root username and password to access this page. If you are using Kerberos authentication, make sure you have a valid Kerberos ticket."
> 
> I don't get any pop up windows that I can enter username or password. I have no idea how to proceed from here. BTW I have a macbook pro running OSX 10.5.8. Please help me fix my foolishness.
> Thanks!

Two possible solutions, both from the command-line:

    cupsctl DefaultAuthType=Basic

If that doesn't work:

    sudo cp /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.default /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
    sudo killall cupsd

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair