Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
david walcroft wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
>> david walcroft wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I cannot get cups to accept a root login on the web page,it keeps
>>> resurfacing
>>> for a login after entering the root password.Where does cups store its
>>> passwords
>>> so I can delete the password and enter a new one.
>>> Is there another way around this problem.
>>>
>>> Thanks david
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Are you accessing the CUPS page from the local, or a remote machine?
>> CUPS will not allow remote administration with the default settings.
>>
>> As far as I know, CUPS uses PAM to check the passwords, so if the
>> root password will allow you to log in as root on the machine CUPS
>> is running on, it should allow you to administer CUPS.
>>
>> Mikkel
>>
>>
> Yes I'm using a local machine,every other login for root is ok bar Cups,
> do you know how to get this thing fixed.
>
>
Is anything showing up in the logs? I would also verify that you
have /etc/pam.d/cups and that it looks something like:
#%PAM-1.0
auth include system-auth
account include system-auth
Mikkel
Thanks Mikkel,I checked that file and it is as stated .
david