Anne Wilson wrote: > If you follow the links through the Software tab to the FAQ, though, it > does specifically say that you must be root to do any admin work. OK, I've accessed CUPS on a remote machine on my little LAN by going to <http://alfred:631/admin> and a window opens asking me Enter username and password for "CUPS" at alfred:631 First I try a random name "squiggle" and password, which it does not accept. (The window re-appears.) So I give my username and password on this remote machine, which is accepted. Now I click on Add a printer and enter details for a printer "colour" which I wish I had. (The only printer I actually have is an ancient HP LaserJet 5L.) My new (mythical) printer is a DesignJet 3500C. I'm told that 'Printer "colour" has been added successfully'. Now I go (physically) to the remote machine, and go to <http://localhost:631/admin>, and find that a printer "colour" _has_ actually been added to those available on this machine. I am able to send a test-page to this mythical printer, but not surprisingly, nothing appears. Somewhere, in a machine in Dublin, Ohio, the SysAdmin was surprised to see a test-page coming out of his brand-new DesignJet 3500C ... -- 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
