cups configuration

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Jul 12 14:07:59 UTC 2009


Timothy Murphy wrote:
> François Patte wrote:
> 
>> I want to define for sometimes this printer as the default one. In that
>> case the cups web interface (http://localhost:631) asks for the root
>> password.
> 
> Yes, why is the CUPS user/password set to be root?
> If it is always root, why not just ask for the root password?
> 
It can be any member of the sys or root group with the default
configuration. You can also add authorized users in cupsd.conf. I
configured my normal login to work.

Mikkel
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