[xubuntu-users] Password failure with Cups

[Hans Schäfer]

Hans Schäfer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for days I have been trying to install the printer for my laptop, 
> which was running on Windows 98 before, all goes well up to the point 
> when Cups demands the password, when i give my username and the 
> password which I normally use to start Xubuntu it is rejected and I do 
> not get any further. I am completely new to Linux, can anybody help me 
> and tell me what on earth exactly I have to do?
>
> Hans Schäfer
>
thank you for everyone who tried to help. Fortunately I was able after  
hours of trying and studying different literature to finally understand 
what was ment. English not beeing my mothertongue did not make it 
extremely simple.

Finally I got it, Going into Application-System-Users&Groups then I 
opened the Terminal and typed:
$sudo adduser cupsys shadow and started Cups new with
$sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys shadow

After that everything was fine, and the user Name and Password was 
accepted and the printer works now.

Thanks to everyone.
Hans Schäfer