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   Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:10:09 +0100   
   From: Niklaus Kuehnis    
   Subject: Re: CUPS root   
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   On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, Lorenzo Travaglio wrote:   
      
   > Il Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:20:39 +0100, Niklaus Kuehnis ha scritto:   
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   >> 1. add a printer password for root:   
   >> sudo lppasswd -a root   
   >>    
   >>    
   >>    
   >   
   > This is the system report:   
   > lppasswd: user "root" and group "lp" do not exist   
   > lppasswd: Password file not updated   
      
   Did you, by any chance, forget the "-a" option?   
      
      
   >> 2. add the user "cupsys" to the group "shadow" by editing /etc/group   
   >> with a text editor. To do that, add "cupsys" to the line beginning   
   >> with "shadow", e.g.: "shadow:x:42:cupsys".   
   > Done, but nothing happens (maybe due to the error above?)   
      
   AFAIK, you need both. You were talking about login at localhost:631,    
   weren't you?   
      
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