Cups problem with root access

[david walcroft]

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> david walcroft wrote:
>   
>> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>>     
>>> david walcroft wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> I cannot get cups to accept a root login on the web page,it keeps
>>>> resurfacing
>>>> for a login after entering the root password.Where does cups store its
>>>> passwords
>>>> so I can delete the password and enter a new one.
>>>> Is there another way around this problem.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks  david
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Are you accessing the CUPS page from the local, or a remote machine?
>>>  CUPS will not allow remote administration with the default settings.
>>>
>>> As far as I know, CUPS uses PAM to check the passwords, so if the
>>> root password will allow you to log in as root on the machine CUPS
>>> is running on, it should allow you to administer CUPS.
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yes I'm using a local machine,every other login for root is ok bar Cups,
>> do you know how to get this thing fixed.
>>
>>     
> Is anything showing up in the logs? I would also verify that you
> have /etc/pam.d/cups and that it looks something like:
>
> #%PAM-1.0
> auth    include         system-auth
> account include         system-auth
>
> Mikkel
>   
Thanks Mikkel,I checked that file and it is  as stated .

    david