Samsung Printer CLP-500

[Thomas Kaiser]

Hello

I can answer my own question. To get root right for the cups web
frontend we have to issue:
#sudo adduser cupsys shadow
#sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

After that, I was able to add the printer with "sudo linux-config".

Regards, Thomas

On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 12:25 +0100, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I entered a password for root but I still have to enter the root
> password in the linux-config tool, even if I am started the linux-config
> as root. But anyway I still get a "Authentication failed" when I enter
> the root password in the linux-config tool. Maybe it tries to
> authenticate to the cups web frontend? But there is the root account
> disabled for security reasons.
> How can I enable the root account for cups web frontend? Just to try.
> 
> Regards, Thomas
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 23:23 -0600, Kent Frazier wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:04:01 +0100, Thomas Kaiser
> > <thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net> wrote:
> > > Hello
> > > 
> > > I tried to install the Samsung linux driver for the CLP-500 printer.
> > > Samsung provides a driver for Linux
> > > http://product.samsung.com/cgi-bin/nabc/support/b2c_support_product_results.jsp.
> > > 
> > > I did run sudo ./setup.sh after i unpacked the archive. It did install
> > > something and told me to run linux-config, so I did sudo linux-config. A
> > > printer configuration window pops up and I tried to "add" a new printer.
> > > But now it ask for the root password, but as far as i know we don't have
> > > a root password in Ubuntu. We just use sudo. So, how can I install the
> > > driver for samsung clp-500 printer?
> > 
> > The root account is locked by default, and hence has no active
> > password.  If you want to set one up temporarily, however, try the
> > following:
> > sudo passwd root
> > [enter and confirm root password]
> > 
> > Then do whatever requires a root password.  After you are finished,
> > you can relock the account if you wish by typing:
> > sudo passwd -l root
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > Kent
> > 
> 
>