Cups authentication issue

xsubira · 06-16-2015, 02:42 PM

It did nothing for me.
I'm using trusty x64

My cups version is 1.7.2

I see no way to authenticate.

What to check?

Ztcoracat · 06-18-2015, 10:55 PM

Hi & Welcome to LQ!

What did nothing for you?

What distribution are you running?

Is your printer wireless?

sundialsvcs · 06-19-2015, 07:22 AM

Details ... we need details ...

John VV · 06-19-2015, 06:39 PM

use the web interface
http://localhost:631/
and use
'root" for the user
and the root password for the password

michaelk · 06-19-2015, 08:04 PM

The OP is running Ubuntu and therefore root is disabled.

As stated more information is required. If you are trying to authenticate using the web interface (localhost:631) then use your username and password when so prompted.

xsubira · 06-27-2015, 10:10 AM

My post was to another thread about CUPS administration authentication.

Anyway, I'm trying to login through localhost:631 but it is allways asking me credentials once again (of course I've checked they are correctly typed)

So where to start checking?

Which info may help?

Thanks everyone

Ztcoracat · 06-27-2015, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xsubira

My post was to another thread about CUPS administration authentication.

Anyway, I'm trying to login through localhost:631 but it is allways asking me credentials once again (of course I've checked they are correctly typed)

So where to start checking?

Which info may help?

Thanks everyone

Are saying that your signing in with username and password including trying with "root" and "root password" it's still not working?

ferrari · 06-28-2015, 12:32 AM

Since you're using Ubuntu, you need to either enable the root account, or make sure your user account is a member of the 'lpadmin' group first. That can be done with

Code:

sudo usermod -aG lpadmin <username>

*Replace <username> with your actual username.

Then you should be able to enter your regular username and password to administer CUPS.

The 'SystemGroup' directive in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf controls the administrator access, so doing the following

Code:

cat /etc/cups/cupsd.conf |grep Sys

should confirm the group required.