[cups] lpr requiring a password from the command line

[Zuleika Rose]

Admins,

Can you please remove me from this list. I joined a couple of years ago
back when Ubuntu 14/16 was around. I will resub if I need this again.

--Alice Rose

On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 at 12:52, Johnnie W Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu> wrote:

> And suddenly I see it! For some reason, it looks like CUPS is resolving
> localhost to IPv6. What on earth is causing this? I've added an *Allow*
> From
> ::1 everywhere I've got an *Allow* From 127.0.0.1 and that hasn't helped.
>
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 6:38 AM Johnnie W Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu> wrote:
>
> > I remain puzzled by this. Here's an excerpt of what appears in the logs
> > when I try to make a non-root user print on this machine and no other:
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active
> > clients", busy="Not busy"
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] Server address is "[v1.::1]".
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] Accepted from localhost:49982
> > (IPv6)
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] Waiting for request.
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] POST / HTTP/1.1
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active
> > clients", busy="Active clients"
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] Read: status=200, state=6
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] No authentication data
> provided.
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] cupsdIsAuthorized: username=""
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] cupsdSendHeader: code=401,
> > type="text/html", auth_type=0
> >
> > D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client 2] WWW-Authenticate: Basic
> > realm=\"CUPS\", trc=\"y\"
> >
> > Password for pms1 on localhost?  D [15/Nov/2021:06:36:44 -0600] [Client
> > 2] Closing connection.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 9:45 AM Johnnie W Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> This still puzzles me. Why would a user able to print from CUPS be
> unable
> >> to print via lpr? I don't get it.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 2:45 PM Johnnie W Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi, folks,
> >>>
> >>>      I naïvely copied my cupsd.conf and cups-files.conf files from a
> >>> 1.6.3 machine to a 2.2.6 machine and everything looked fine at first.
> >>>
> >>>      Now users are asked for passwords when using lpr on the command
> >>> line. What have I done?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>      John A
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> John Adams
> >>> Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
> >>> +1-501-916-3010 | jxadams at ualr.edu | http://ualr.edu/itservices
> >>> *UA Little Rock*
> >>>
> >>> Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone
> >>> or in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal
> information
> >>> that come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information
> or to
> >>> report suspicious email, visit IT Security
> >>> <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Adams
> >> Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
> >> +1-501-916-3010 | jxadams at ualr.edu | http://ualr.edu/itservices
> >> *UA Little Rock*
> >>
> >> Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone
> or
> >> in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information
> that
> >> come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information or to
> >> report suspicious email, visit IT Security
> >> <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > John Adams
> > Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
> > +1-501-916-3010 | jxadams at ualr.edu | http://ualr.edu/itservices
> > *UA Little Rock*
> >
> > Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone or
> > in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information
> that
> > come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information or to
> > report suspicious email, visit IT Security
> > <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
> >
>
>
> --
> John Adams
> Senior Linux/Middleware Administrator  | Information Technology Services
> +1-501-916-3010 | jxadams at ualr.edu | http://ualr.edu/itservices
> *UA Little Rock*
>
> Reminder:  IT Services will never ask for your password over the phone or
> in an email. Always be suspicious of requests for personal information that
> come via email, even from known contacts.  For more information or to
> report suspicious email, visit IT Security
> <http://ualr.edu/itservices/security/>.
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