Help. How do I get a user name and password

[Paul]

You could just disable the need for security in cupsd.conf if it's just you doing it.
I think modifying these sections should be enough.

# Restrict access to the server...
<Location />
  Order allow,deny
  Allow All
</Location>

# Restrict access to the admin pages...
<Location /admin>
#  Encryption IfRequested
  Order allow,deny
  Allow All
</Location>

# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf>
  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow All
</Location>

# Set the default printer/job policies...
<Policy default>
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator...
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job>
#    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate...
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
#    AuthType Default
#    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate...
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
#    AuthType Default
#    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...
  <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
#    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>


> Please help.
> I have installed a series of foomatic and CUPS files to use a HP 1600 Colour Laser Printer with Mac OSX 10.6 which has no dative driver.
> Now the next step is to call http://localhost:631/ and under Administration set the printer's setting to "coulour" instead of the default "monochrome".
> However when I want to secure this printing settings, a CUPS user and password are requested from me in a window appearing on the top.
> I tried with my admin acccount name and password but the window with the prompt comes again and again.
> I set the "root" option in MAC OSX, which in its default position is off, and tried with "root" and its password. This did not help either.
> The window still comes again and again.
> I found somewhere in the web, that in the MAC Terminal-Utility I had to add myself as a user with the following:
> "lppasswd -a myusername"
> and give twice the password.
> However this should be done apparently as "root" since with as admin it is refused.
> I have no UNIX knowledge how to change the prompt which is:
> "MyNames-Mac-Pro:~ myshortusername$ " ...
> in order to be "root" and be accepted as a user with a password.
> Or is there an easy way in CUPS to save the setting "color" as definitive default printing setting?
> Thank you very very much for any kind help.
> Edmond