On Friday 06 April 2007 22:11, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 20:16 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: > > On Wednesday 04 April 2007 05:24, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > You do not listen. > > > > > > We already told you several times, several people, how to do it, you do > > > not listen. > > > > > > First, define a password as explained already. No, not even root can > > > enter without a new password for the printer: > > > > > > lppasswd -g sys -a some_admin_username > > > > > > Then, for instance, go to > > > > > > <http://localhost:631/ > > > > > > and simply tell your printer to print. Click, click. > > > > I did what you said. I don't know if the pasword really changed or not, > > but the command http://localhost:611/ produces the reply No such file or > > directory (running from su root) > > http://localhost:631 is not a command it is a web address you enter into > your web browser to access the configuration pages for printers. Enter > the username/password you set in the lppasswd command to enter admin > mode. > > -- > Ken Schneider > UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998
Well, the password thing seemed not to have worked. When I went to the print manager, and it asked for a password, it burped and said it didn't recognise the pw. I gave it the pw that I put in in the lppasswd dialog, that you provided above. Why in hell Linux needs a password to print something that can be seen on the screen is absolutely beyond me. And why that password is different from the root pw is even further beyond me. I may have to put some version of Windows on the machine so that I can print out mail that I need for work that I do. This is ridiculous! --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]