What is going on!

[Thomas Kaiser]

The root access for the CUPS web frontend is disabled by default in Ubuntu.

To get root right for the cups web frontend issue on the command line:
# sudo adduser cupsys shadow
# sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart


infotechsys wrote:
> Hi,
> Earlier today I tried to install a printer using
> Computer-> System Configuration-> Printer, I went
> thru the sequences that the wizard presented and not
> getting any errors I thought everthing was ok.When
> I ran a test page the only thing that happen was
> the job got put on the print queue.No matter what I
> did I could not get it to print.So, I thought I
> try http://localhost:631/admin. Now I get that I'm
> unauthorized to use the server side to install a printer
> and that I should use Computer->System Configuration->Printer.
> How can I create a root user? 
> Wayne
> 
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