[Linux-disciples] CUPS wants a password

[Karl Sokol]

Thanks, but there is no group cups, so I made one and added nahash. I added
nahash to lp, but to no avail.

I have spent some time researching this and am still coming up short. I
suppose I do not really need HPLIP, but there is a related annoyance. I
cannot print until I set

nahash at ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 777 /dev/lp0

and then it resets after a reboot and I have to do it all over again. This
is rather cumbersome. Where is it getting the idea to reset permissions?

Thanks.



On 11/3/05, Adam Rosi-Kessel < adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
>
> Try http://adam.rosi-kessel.org/linux
>
> You might also be able to add your user to the proper group--myaybe lp or
> cups?
>
> i.e., adduser nahash cups
>
> Karl Sokol wrote:
> > I installed HPLIP toolbox. It recognizes my printer (HP Deskjet 842-c),
> > but when I go to do anything a CUPS password dialogue comes up. The
> > problem is that my username and password do not work. I read somewhere
> > that you have to use your root account. Well, just typing root and then
> > using the password that I use for sudo does not work either. I think
> > that this might be because of Ubuntu's default of not allowing root
> > login (which came up previously on this list, I think).
> >
> > The following does not seem to work:
> >
> > nahash at ubuntu:~$ sudo lppasswd nahash
> > Enter password:
> > Enter password again:
> > lppasswd: Unable to open passwd file: Permission denied
> > nahash at ubuntu:~$
> >
> >
> > --
> > Grace and Peace,
> > Karl Sokol
> >
> > "They that are bound for heaven must be willing to swim against the
> stream,
> > and must do, not as most do, but as the best do."
> > -John Wesley's
> > notes on Joshua 24:15
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Grace and Peace,
Karl Sokol

"They that are bound for heaven must be willing to swim against the stream,
and must do, not as most do, but as the best do."
-John Wesley's notes on Joshua 24:15
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