[7767] in testers
Re: printer configuration password request
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Mon Dec 8 18:58:50 2008
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Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:58:04 -0500
From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
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To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
CC: William Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>, Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>,
testers@mit.edu
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I was mostly confused as to what to give it, but that's mostly because I
don't actually remember any of the passwords for cups.mit.edu. I could
probably come up with a password for you to try...
Remind me if I forget
- Evan
Jonathan Reed wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>
>
