Re: [tlug] "Password on localhost"

[Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com>]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 12:29:34AM +0900, Brian Chandler wrote:

> 
> But when I try things to do with printer/network settings I get a prompt 
> which says something slightly different:
> 
> Password for brian on localhost?
> 
> And typing "password" doesn't work. (Yes, I've tried 4 or 5 times, on at 
> least two separate days.)
> 
> What exactly does 'localhost' mean here, and how would I find my password 

Localhost is what you think, the local machine.  The password--if you're
doing this using CUPS, it wants the root password--as Ubuntu doesn't use
a root password by default, I'm not quite sure how it would work.  

Hopefully, an Ubuntu user on the list can give a better answer. 

One option is to use sudo to create a root password, something like sudo
su then passwd.  So, after you've created the password, use the cups web
interface (open a browser and go to 127.0.0.1:631) and when it
eventually asks for a user and password use the user root with the
password you created for root. 



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