Reproduced with Ubuntu 14.04 in a chroot environment. Also tried adding "root" account to "lpadmin" group.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658505 Title: Unauthorized: Cannot manage printers using lpadmin or cupsctl Status in cups package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: cups Default Lucid install. My main user account has sudo privileges and belongs to group lpadmin, but all my attempts at managing my printer using cupsctl and lpadmin fail with lpadmin: Unauthorized both for my main user id and with sudo. This is a remote Windows printer shared over Samba. era@fsopti607:~$ cupsctl --debug-logging cupsctl: Unauthorized era@fsopti607:~$ sudo cupsctl --debug-logging [sudo] password for era: cupsctl: Unauthorized era@fsopti607:~$ lpadmin -p floor2_hpmf2 -o auth-info-required=negotiate lpadmin: Unauthorized era@fsopti607:~$ sudo lpadmin -p floor2_hpmf2 -o auth-info-required=negotiate lpadmin: Unauthorized era@fsopti607:~$ type -all lpadmin cupsctl lpadmin is /usr/sbin/lpadmin cupsctl is /usr/sbin/cupsctl era@fsopti607:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/lpadmin /usr/sbin/cupsctl cups-client: /usr/sbin/lpadmin cups-client: /usr/sbin/cupsctl era@fsopti607:~$ apt-cache policy cups-client cups-client: Installed: 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 Candidate: 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 Version table: *** 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 0 500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages 500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.4.3-1 0 500 http://mirrors.nic.funet.fi/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages era@fsopti607:~$ groups era adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/658505/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
