[7766] in testers
Re: printer configuration password request
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Reed)
Mon Dec 8 18:52:06 2008
Cc: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>, testers@mit.edu
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From: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@MIT.EDU>
To: William Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6F45BF7C-5708-4980-8630-76C1D31DF324@mit.edu>
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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:51:02 -0500
I believe so. I can verify tomorrow. ISTR discussing this with
broder, who was also confused as to what password CUPS was asking for.
-Jon
On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:01 PM, William Cattey wrote:
> Is this still a problem?
>
> -wdc
>
>
>
> On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>
>> I verified this on my machine. I'm not sure what it's asking for
>> (a CUPS BasicAuth password?), but the dialog is different than the
>> one which prompts for your password if you try and, say, run the
>> Network config applet, or run the updater.
>>
>> As with Alex's experience, it definitely will not accept Kerberos
>> or local passwords.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2008, at 2:34 PM, Alex T Prengel wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> System -> Administration -> Printing brings up a password request
>>> dialog
>>> asking for "password for alexp on localhost". It won't accept my
>>> Kerberos
>>> password or any other, and keeps presenting the dialog until I
>>> dismiss it.
>>> It does bring up the printer configuration window, but I can't
>>> make any
>>> changes since the password isn't accepted.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>
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