Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

2021-08-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Aug 2021 at 15:38:40 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 08:31:56PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > Nobody should be logging into the web interface as root. > > As far as "nobody should...", I don't see the harm. It's not like the > password is going over a network cable (or

Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

2021-08-28 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 08:31:56PM +0100, Brian wrote: > Nobody should be logging into the web interface as root. As far as "nobody should...", I don't see the harm. It's not like the password is going over a network cable (or wireless EM). It's just loopback. Also note the official instruction

Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

2021-08-28 Thread Brian
On Sat 28 Aug 2021 at 07:11:55 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 8/26/21 5:53 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > > 2) Install cups. > * cups was not installed by default. The Brother installer did flag that > first off, easily corrected A print queue was installed by Sun 22 Aug 2021 05:44:11 AM

Re: CUPS permissions >Fixed

2021-08-28 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 8/26/21 5:53 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Some people report restarting the browser is enough. S

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-28 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 8/26/21 5:53 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Some people report restarting the browser is enough.  So

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-27 Thread mick crane
On 2021-08-26 13:53, Greg Wooledge wrote: I suspect there's some *really* basic misunderstanding going on at some level. *busted* It's like if I don't know everything I know nothing. =O) mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 16:48:14 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > _DON'T_ edit groups / shadow password files by hand unless really, absolutely > necessary - the potential for mistakes is too high. I suppose finding the line with lpadmin in it and editing it is prone to mistakes. Heaven

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 02:26:54PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 08:16:23PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 06:24:01PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 11:31:30 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 08:16:23PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 06:24:01PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 11:31:30 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > I also forgot: afte

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 06:24:01PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 11:31:30 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > [...] > > > > I also forgot: after carrying out the corrected procedure, log out and > > > log back in. > > > > Th

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 11:31:30 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: [...] > > I also forgot: after carrying out the corrected procedure, log out and > > log back in. > > This is the part that I don't quite understand. How does that matter? The s

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:31:30AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Pete

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 04:25:54PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > It would be useful to

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > It would be useful to have the outputs of > > > > > > > >groups > > > $ groups > > > pe

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 10:56:55 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > It would be useful to have the outputs of > > > > > > > >groups > > > $ groups > > > pe

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 08:53:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > I suspect there's some *really* basic misunderstanding going on at some > level. Let's start from the beginning. > > In order to administer a printer in CUPS, you do the following things: > > > 1) Make sure the root account ha

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 03:49:23PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > [...] > > > > It would be useful to have the outputs of > > > > > >groups > > $ groups > > peter cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev > > > > > > and > > > > > >

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 06:18:21 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: [...] > > It would be useful to have the outputs of > > > >groups > $ groups > peter cdrom floppy audio dip video plugdev netdev > > > > and > > > >grep SystemGroup /etc/cups/cups-files.conf > $ grep SystemGroup /etc/cups/cups-f

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 8/26/21 5:07 AM, Brian wrote: On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 09:16:31 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 25/8/21 22:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:37:49PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: > > > On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > Some people report restarting the browser is enough. Some claim they > > > >

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 04:59:42 -0700 Peter Ehlert wrote: > thanks. restarting firefox worked. > I got the login dialog box > > after login as (user) > Add Printer gives> Unable to add printer: Forbidden > > back to square one Try logging in as root. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? h

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 13:23:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: > On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > Some people report restarting the browser is enough. Some claim they > > > have to reboot. Who knows. > > > > > thanks. restarting firefox wo

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 26/08/2021 08:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: thanks. restarting firefox worked. I got the login dialog box after login as (user) Add Printer gives> Unable to add printer: Forbidden back to square one Users don't ordinarily have permission to add printers, you should login as root. It's possibl

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread mick crane
On 2021-08-26 12:59, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: Some people report restarting the browser is enough. Some claim they have to reboot. Who knows. thanks. restarting firefox worked. I got the login dialog box after login as (user) Add Printer gives> Unable

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 04:59 -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: [...] > > thanks. restarting firefox worked. > I got the login dialog box > > after login as (user) > Add Printer gives> Unable to add printer: Forbidden > > back to square one > I think the authentication dialog box uses javascript, you d

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Brian
On Thu 26 Aug 2021 at 09:16:31 +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 25/8/21 22:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > CUPS permissions > > > > when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as > > expected. > > > > Manage Printers does display my

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-26 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 8/25/21 12:11 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:47:33AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: On 8/25/21 9:27 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-25 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 25/8/21 22:40, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to manage and edit the settings. however Add Printer gives> Unable to add prin

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:47:33AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 8/25/21 9:27 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > > > CUPS permissions > > > > > > when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the d

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 8/25/21 9:27 AM, Henning Follmann wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to manage and

Re: CUPS permissions

2021-08-25 Thread Henning Follmann
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 05:40:36AM -0700, Peter Ehlert wrote: > CUPS permissions > > when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as > expected. > > Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to > manage and edit the setting

CUPS permissions

2021-08-25 Thread Peter Ehlert
CUPS permissions when I go to http://localhost:631/admin the dashboard is displayed as expected. Manage Printers does display my MFCL3770CDW and I am (apparently) able to manage and edit the settings. however Add Printer gives> Unable to add printer: Forbidden is this normal behavior