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Can't get past authentication in the CUPS admin interface

In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, I have the following configurations:

Code:

SystemGroup lpadmin



<Location /jobs>

AuthType Basic

AuthClass User

</Location>





<Location /admin>

AuthType Basic

AuthClass System



Order Deny,Allow

Deny From All

Allow From 127.0.0.1

</Location>

User 'peter' is a member of the group lpadmin.

However, when I tried to login with userid 'peter' and his password, the authentication window vanishes and reappears (authentication fails?).

What do I need to configure to get the authentication successful?

Btw, what does 'User' in 'AuthClass User' means?

Thanks in advance !

man lppasswd

lppasswd -a username

Code:

root@myserver:/# lppasswd peter

Enter password:

Enter password again:

lppasswd: user "peter" and group "lpadmin" do not exist.

lppasswd: Password file not updated!

However, peter is a existing user in the lpadmin group as shown in

Code:

root@myserver:/# cat /etc/group |grep lpadmin

lpadmin:x:104:peter

Please advise.

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rshaw

man lppasswd

lppasswd -a username

cups doesn't reference the system users/passwords, it keeps it own in passwd.md5

as root:

lppasswd -g lpadmin -a peter