On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 17:52 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > 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. > > I have never seen the web interface allow oyu to add a printer a remote location. Although due to browsing it sometimes it looks like that is what happened. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
