tags 616718 + moreinfo
thanks
On Sun 06 Mar 2011 at 13:28:13 -0800, Aaron Barany wrote:
> Package: cups
> Version: 1.4.4-7
> Severity: important
>
> After a fresh install of cups, if I attempt to add a printer from
> "http://localhost:631"; I get a forbidden error. This occurs on the first pa
Brian Potkin wrote:
> I think we are agreed though that it is
> upstream which would have to deal with it.
No, I disagree with that. It is affected users or kind hackers
working on their behalf that would have to deal with it, by writing a
patch and reporting this upstr
On Wed 21 Mar 2012 at 15:30:48 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Brian Potkin wrote:
> > On Wed 21 Mar 2012 at 15:04:13 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>
> >> Design bugs are still bugs. :)
> >
> > Indeed. But that isn't the substance of this bug report.
>
> Ok, let's consider this for a second. Th
Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Wed 21 Mar 2012 at 15:04:13 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Design bugs are still bugs. :)
>
> Indeed. But that isn't the substance of this bug report.
Ok, let's consider this for a second. The original submitter reported
that there were (to him) mysterious "Forbidden"
On Wed 21 Mar 2012 at 15:04:13 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Brian Potkin wrote:
>
> > The 'Forbidden' message came as a result of the design of CUPS. In that
> > sense it is not a bug, unless the implementation is lacking. The easy
> > fix, of course, is lpadmin membership.
>
> Design bugs ar
tags 616718 + upstream
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Brian Potkin wrote:
> The 'Forbidden' message came as a result of the design of CUPS. In that
> sense it is not a bug, unless the implementation is lacking. The easy
> fix, of course, is lpadmin membership.
Design bugs are still bugs. :)
Thanks for investigating.
On Wed 21 Mar 2012 at 13:52:55 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Brian Potkin wrote:
>
> > Now you try again. The first stage is not repeated because PAM is to be
> > trusted and would get upset if CUPS kept querying its decisions. Which
> > is why you do not get the dialogue box back. CUPS already
Brian Potkin wrote:
> Now you try again. The first stage is not repeated because PAM is to be
> trusted and would get upset if CUPS kept querying its decisions. Which
> is why you do not get the dialogue box back. CUPS already knows your
> status regarding group membership so just keeps pointing t
Hello Jonathan,
You wrote:
> so presumably I ought to add myself to group lpadmin. But in any
> event, the inability to get back to step 2 (the dialog box allowing
> me to choose a username and password) is puzzling.
If you repeated your first two steps but in step 3 gave an incorrect
user/pass
Hi,
Aaron Barany wrote:
> After a fresh install of cups, if I attempt to add a printer from
> "http://localhost:631"; I get a forbidden error. This occurs on the first page
> before I have a chance to add any information.
I tried something similar with cups 1.4.6-3. Here's what I did:
1. Visi
Package: cups
Version: 1.4.4-7
Severity: important
After a fresh install of cups, if I attempt to add a printer from
"http://localhost:631"; I get a forbidden error. This occurs on the first page
before I have a chance to add any information.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT pre
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