SOLVED: adding a printer to Amahi7 with Fedora 19

[gorillazgr]

Are you still interested in updating the wiki?

yes!

I like to be able to contribute in any way to this project....

[gorillazgr]

thanx! I got the new webapp in my list.

but before I go on I would like to ask following.
(my Amahi7 install is fresh, ok)

my printer is a DeskJet HewletPackard , so for the drivers I think I have to install the

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yum install hplip

but inside "hplip" 's depedencies there is also the "cups".
How should I proceed in order not to come in conflict with the webapp ???

[bigfoot65]

I believe the hplip package is installed by default with CUPS. So let the app do it all.

[gorillazgr]

ok so here it goes:

cups seems to be installed ok.
BUT
I am having problem with authentication and I can't log onto administrative pages. In the application it is said:

user: root
password: root password

I typed it as it is, I tried to use root/(my own password), I tried to use (myusername/mypassword) but nothing succeed it to log in.

my Amahi.7 install doesn't have a root account. I followed the procedure:

While it installs, please create a user with a Full Name, a username and password (the last two are case sensitive, so please make a note of them). Make the user an administrator by checking the corresponding box. Setting a root password is optional.

so I don't have an extra root password.

Please advice

[bigfoot65]

Use whatever user has root privileges. Most set a root password on install. That is normal procedure.

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[gorillazgr]

no luck using my own amahi-user, with administrator priviledges.

should i try to modify the

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cupsd.conf.amahi

file?

[bigfoot65]

Do you have a user with root privileges? That's what it looks for to authenticate.

I am surprised it did not work with a regular user. Might have to disable the authentication portion to access it. That's in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. The file with .amahi is a backup file.

[gorillazgr]

Do you have a user with root privileges? That's what it looks for to authenticate.

I am surprised it did not work with a regular user. Might have to disable the authentication portion to access it.

yeap the first user I created during the installation is also with administrative priviledges as stated in the installation directions:

Make the user an administrator by checking the corresponding box

and unfortunately the web-app doesn't accept that user to let me handle administrative pages in the CUPS' pages.

I will try to use my notes from my previous post regarding cupsd.conf

edit:

so I had to edit the config file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and add in some parameters the "Allow @LOCAL" attribute. Then I gained acces to the administration pages.
It seems that my account user, isn't recoginised as administrator , although I ticket the corresponding box during the installation.
Any modifications I want to make to the system I use the "sudo su -" command in order to become root and then I go on.

ps:

I checked if my HP DESKJET was recognised without the HPLIP package installed, but negative. So I reinstalled it.

[bigfoot65]

Glad you got access now. I don't recommend making the user administrator. Best to create a root account by default with a password. You can always add users after the fact using visido.

I will have to check the install script to see if maybe that line was missing. It may be your cups config was not the standard default and it could not make the updates.

[gorillazgr]

I will have to check the install script to see if maybe that line was missing. It may be your cups config was not the standard default and it could not make the updates.

which "line" do you mean; the "Allow @LOCAL" attribute isn't only one line. I found it while googling because I wanted to be able to edit cups' options and add my printer manually without any GUI for Amahi.7

PS: do you need my installation log from cups?

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