bmike101@cox.net wrote:
> maybe I spoke too soon.......
> could I just 'useradd cups'? it is actually a site that needs to be accessed:
>
>       CUPS at localhost.localdomain
>
> as you most likely know.
> the dialog window says:
>
>     You need to supply a username and password to access this site.
>
> On Saturday 23 December 2006 6:51 pm, Michael Havens wrote:
>   
>> I use mepis. It was before ubuntu but I think they've adopted ubuntu since
>> root's password doesn't work (unless I'm entering the wrong user name).
>>
>> Uh-ohhhhhhhh...... entering into shadow group? I know what you are talking
>> about but entering it is beyond me. My skills are lacking!
>>
>> On Saturday 23 December 2006 8:30 am, chip33az@netscape.net wrote:
>>     
>>> If you are using Ubuntu, you have to add the user, cups (or cupsys) to
>>> the shadow group and then restart CUPS.
>>>
>>> Debian should allow you to use the root account.
>>>       
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I saw this on the Mepis site:

$ adduser cupsys shadow
- one of adduser's nice little features is that it will add a user to a 
group.

$ /etc/init.d/cupsys restart