hplip-gui bad root authentication method in debian
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPLIP |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Sorry for my bad english, it's not my native language.
Superuser rights are needed for plugin installation for some printers. This mecanhism is in base/password.py.
Methods for authentication are predefined in a dictionary with Distro name as keys, and su or sudo as values.
If value is "su", username field is preset as "root" and read-only, and the window stand for root password.
But in Debian installer, you could skip root password definition and then installer install and set sudo in the same way as in Ubuntu.
In this case, lsb_release return "Debian" so, it's impossible to acquire superuser rights with hplip-gui and hp-plugins could not be installed.
In conclusion "su" is not always the authentication method in Debian unlike is set in base/password.py
Example in french-speaking forum https:/
