Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 17:37:39 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP: cups - can not login on localhost to cups server Message-ID: <4C03E5D3.4@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4C03FF3F.8080604@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4C03FF3F.8080604@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31/05/2010 19:26:07, Hartmann, O. wrote: > Hello, > my problem sounds trivial, but isn't. I can not login to my cups server > on localhost via http://localhost:631, which worked for me several > months ago. Well I installed a new host using FreeBSD 9.0-CUR and need > to add printers. Regarding to this problem I found a lot of stuff in the > net and mailing lists, but none of the hints and tipps worked for me. > First I will describe what I've already did. > > 1) ensured local BSD lpd is not running > 2) on a prior installed system where cups is up and running printing is > possible but no administration (see subject), so the problem seems to > be common. > 3) followed some hints adding a user "root" with proper password via > "lppasswd" > 4) deleted password.md5 and performed step 3) again > 5) deleted all ports cups-* and /usr/local/cups folder and reinstalled > cups, ensured having nothing left in /usr/local/etc > > The problem occured out of the blue to me, I possibly missed some > changes within the last row of updates. > > Can anyone help? > > Please eMail me since I'm not subscriber of the "question" list. > > Thanks in advance, Check /usr/local/etc/pam.d/cups -- change it to use pam_unix rather than pam_unknown. (pam_unknown is, errr..., unknown on FreeBSD...) Like this: auth required pam_unix.so nodelay account required pam_unix.so Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwD5dMACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzPyQCfdwKzF9B1uCq5sa7nzV94Trsa oIIAnA25MsdSzF9MbumJ1so01bo/C5Ar =ATMA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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