Umm... I tried to reproduce this bug and I wasn't even asked for a password of any sorts. If that is confirmed, perhaps that should be a bug in of itself.
On Ubuntu 9.04, I went to add a new printer and was successful and was never asked to enter any type of password. -- cups asks for root password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/387970 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs