[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#614713: Bug#614713: cups-pdf: installation asks for a password

[Dmitry Baryshev]

Probably it because debootstrapped environment has a different hostname set
than on a host system, and lpadmin thinks that it tries to communicate with
cups on a different machine (e.g. over the network)?

2011/2/23 Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk at iki.fi>

> No, I'll just reassign the bug to cups-client.
>
> However, I'm really puzzled as to why 'lpadmin' does this. That it
> would ask non-root users for a password is expected, but 'dpkg' is run
> as root who, by definition, has full access credentials to anything.
>
> 2011/2/23 Dmitry Baryshev <ksquirrel.iv at gmail.com>:
> > BTW should I file a new bug against cups-client?
> >
> > 2011/2/23 Dmitry Baryshev <ksquirrel.iv at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Please feel free to ask me for any info you need
> >>
> >> 2011/2/23 Martin-Éric Racine <q-funk at iki.fi>
> >>>
> >>> 2011/2/23 Krasu <ksquirrel.iv at gmail.com>:
> >>> > Package: cups-pdf
> >>> > Version: 2.5.0-16
> >>> > Severity: important
> >>> >
> >>> > The latest cups-pdf version asks for a root password during
> >>> > installation. One
> >>> > or two months ago it didn't ask. This breaks automatic rootfs builds
> >>> > via
> >>> > debootstrap.
> >>>
> >>> There hasn't been any change with how the installation is performed in
> >>> CUPS-PDF since 2.5.0-8 which was published in September 2009. I
> >>> therefore have to conclude that the issue involves a recent change of
> >>> behavior in CUPS' version of the 'lpadmin' command.
> >>>
> >>> Martin-Éric
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards, Krasu
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards, Krasu
> >
>
>
>
> --
> http://q-funk.iki.fi
>



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Regards, Krasu
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