Re: [tlug] Re: "Password on localhost"

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 07/03/2008, Gernot Hassenpflug <aikishugyo@example.com> wrote:

> Yes, as Scott Robins has said, you can create a password for root.
>  Initially, if you do not have one, you could probably so "sudo su -"
>  and press RET for password if asked. Then use the change password
>  command to create a new one for root. Then you can enter that one when
>  prompted for the admin or root password in another application.

Yuck. Isn't it better to change the user CUPS runs as, rather than
subverting an important piece of Ubuntu's security model?

Try this:

http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/10/13/enabling-cupsys-web-admin-interface/

Found with the following Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cups+administrator+password+ubuntu&btnG=Search

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Cheers,
Josh