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

[Martin-Éric Racine]

We explicitly use the option to work with localhost only in our
command syntax precisely to avoid that.

2011/2/23 Dmitry Baryshev <ksquirrel.iv at gmail.com>:
> 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
>> >
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> Regards, Krasu
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