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SuSE 10.1 and Earlier: What Password Do I Use At The Web Interface?

Created at 07:51 May 20, 2005 by steve, last modified at 14:35 Dec 14, 2008

Note: Do not follow these instructions if you are running SuSE 10.2 or later!

SuSE 10.1 and earlier default to using Digest passwords and "RunAsUser yes", which means you have to use the lppasswd command to add accounts and passwords.

To add a user named Steve:

    sudo lppasswd -a Steve

Then enter and confirm a password.

To configure SuSE 10.1 and earlier to use the standard CUPS settings:

1) Login as root.

2) Edit /etc/cups/cups.conf

3) Change the AuthType line in the <Location /admin> section to read:

    AuthType Basic

4) Change the RunAsUser line to No:

    RunAsUser No

5) Restart CUPS with:

    /etc/init.d/cups restart

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Comments

From davidsr, 14:22 May 28, 2008 (score=3)

I have set up an account with user name (davidsr) and password but when I try to log in it never accepts my username and password.  What am I doing wrong?

Robert Davidson Reply

From elijend, 07:45 Aug 23, 2007 (score=3)

I have CUPS 1.1.x . Problem 1: My printer - HP 5940 - with possible margins = 0. Yet upper and lower margins are 1.3 mm, in spite of having defined them in printer administration as zero. How do I solve this ? Problem 2: I would like to dowmload the new version 1.3 - but from any mirror i get tge reply "not found". Any solution?

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From galeh, 13:36 Jan 28, 2007 (score=3)

like #2087, my windows XP print queue fails to clear at the end of a job.  I have to manually cancel the job or it blocks the next one from beginning.  IN ADDITION I'm trying to get a Canon MP780 to print using variations on the bjc600 ppd driver, and it only prints one page per job.  For some reason, it hangs up and won't continue on to subsequent pages.  Any ideas would  be appreciated, and I just thought these two problems may be related.  CUPS 1.2.7, SuSE 10.2 Reply

From billie0w, 15:56 Jan 08, 2007 (score=3)

SuSE 10.1

Password setting "lppasswd -a Steve" doesn't work. Wrong syntax for lppasswd.

"To set SUSE to the standard default settings of CUPS:

1) Goto /etc/cups/cups.conf

2) Change in <Location /admin> the AuthType:
         AuthType Basic 3) Change RunAsUser to No."

Doesn't work either. There is no "/etc/cups/cups.conf" file. Reply

From Anonymous, 07:10 Jan 02, 2007 (score=3)

Which SuSE/OpenSUSE versions?

looking at /etc/cups/cupsd.conf: OpenSUSE 10.2 seems to use "AuthType Basic" (<Location /admin/conf>) whereas for 10.0 the file contains "RunAsUser Yes"

From Anonymous, 07:14 Jan 07, 2009 (score=2)

Sorry but I don't know how to find what my username and password is. I keep reading all relevant posts, but they all assume I know what it is!Can anyone tell me in very simple terms how to find my username and password please? Reply

From rajiv_ra1, 03:19 Jun 05, 2008 (score=2)

Hi Friends,

I am using Suse 10.1 and want to connect it to a Printer which is connected to a Windows machine.

So on the Suse machine when I type "localhost:631" on the browser(Konqueror) and then select "Printers" and then "Add Printer" option, I get a Login Screen.

Now I just want to know what un/passwd should I provide in the login page as it neither takes the root un/passwd nor the un/passwd of the user created using "lppasswd" command.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,
Rajiv Reply

From Anonymous, 02:47 Jan 23, 2007 (score=1)

I'm using suse 10.2.

I went through the entire configuration for a windows print server and it seems to have gone fine, until the last screen where I got an authentication required screen.

I entered both my CUPS user account info I had just created AND my root login; but, to no avail; the screen keeps on poping up.

Any suggestions? Reply