Anne Wilson wrote: > I seem to get a whole lot of things I could change on this page, >> eg add printer, manager printer, etc. >> I'm asked for my CUPS login name and password when I try to do anything, >> which I recall don't ever giving. >> However, it seems to allow me to proceed with my own name and password, >> which seems bizarre. >> >> CUPS is a marvelous system when it is working, >> but it is perversely difficult to set up. >> It must have been designed by an alien. >> > Tim, have you tried logging in as root? On my system any changes have to > be done by root. Bizarrely, I seem to be able to add and remove printers at will. I even sent a test-page to a non-existent printer I had added to a remote computer. Perhaps it is being printed out in Dublin, Ohio. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
