Re: cups without a password?
On 02/21/2015 08:32 AM, Brandon Vincent wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:17 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Before you shake the finger at me, all of the below were no security installations, The finger will be shook regardless. Eventually a no security installation will be connected to a different network than originally intended. Twice on FC21 machines and once on a OSx machine I have been caught not being able to use CUPS (http://127.0.0.1:631) because the administration function required the root's (OSx was the user's) password. And, they had it and all others set to blank password. Cups must have a password, so I couldn't use the administration functions. Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? I commented out the lines starting with Require in cupsd.conf and was able to achieve what I believe you wanted. Brandon Vincent Thank you!
Re: cups without a password?
On 02/21/2015 04:14 AM, Bluejay Adametz wrote: Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? Can you create another account that's used for CUPS administration? I've done that on one SL6 machine so the application admins can deal with their printers. IIRC, I created a group and added it to the SystemGroup line in /etc/cupsd.conf. Assign the user account(s) membership to that group. I had not thought of that. Thank you! -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
Re: cups without a password?
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:17 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Before you shake the finger at me, all of the below were no security installations, The finger will be shook regardless. Eventually a no security installation will be connected to a different network than originally intended. Twice on FC21 machines and once on a OSx machine I have been caught not being able to use CUPS (http://127.0.0.1:631) because the administration function required the root's (OSx was the user's) password. And, they had it and all others set to blank password. Cups must have a password, so I couldn't use the administration functions. Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? I commented out the lines starting with Require in cupsd.conf and was able to achieve what I believe you wanted. Brandon Vincent
Re: cups without a password?
On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Brandon Vincent brandon.vinc...@asu.edu wrote: On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 5:17 PM, ToddAndMargo toddandma...@zoho.com wrote: Before you shake the finger at me, all of the below were no security installations, The finger will be shook regardless. Eventually a no security installation will be connected to a different network than originally intended. Heh. Before getting too much into security models of old software, and how they don't play well with others, Do take a look at the old CUPS interface rant by Eric Raymond, The Luxury of Ignorance. And I've certainly had environments where the root user's password was *locked*, and only sudo or controlled SSH key access to the root account was permitted. So there could be issues there, too. Twice on FC21 machines and once on a OSx machine I have been caught not being able to use CUPS (http://127.0.0.1:631) because the administration function required the root's (OSx was the user's) password. And, they had it and all others set to blank password. Cups must have a password, so I couldn't use the administration functions. Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? I commented out the lines starting with Require in cupsd.conf and was able to achieve what I believe you wanted. Brandon Vincent Good catch!
Re: cups without a password?
Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? Can you create another account that's used for CUPS administration? I've done that on one SL6 machine so the application admins can deal with their printers. IIRC, I created a group and added it to the SystemGroup line in /etc/cupsd.conf. Assign the user account(s) membership to that group. - Bluejay Adametz, CFII, AP, AA-5B, http://wildcorvid.org 186,000 miles/second. It's not just a good idea. It's the LAW! -- NOTICE: This message, including any attachments, is only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information, or information otherwise protected from disclosure by law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or distribution of this message or any of its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately by reply email and destroy this message, including all attachments, and any copies thereof.
Re: cups without a password?
On 02/20/2015 04:17 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, Before you shake the finger at me, all of the below were no security installations, Twice on FC21 machines and once on a OSx machine I have been caught not being able to use CUPS (http://127.0.0.1:631) because the administration function required the root's (OSx was the user's) password. And, they had it and all others set to blank password. Cups must have a password, so I couldn't use the administration functions. Is there a way around this besides assigning a password (which will not endear me to the customer[s])? Many thanks, -T From CUPS FAQ: A: If you have setup your computer to not require a password or have a blank or empty password, then the CUPS web interface will not work for you. CUPS requires a login username and password to allow you to make changes through the web interface. Bummer. -- ~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~
