Ubuntu
cups package

CUPS does not recognize passwords with german umlauts

Bug #817999 reported by Christian Diefenbach
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cups (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

CUPS in the default configuration fails to let me authenticate as root user when the root password contains german umlauts

To reproduce the bug:

-sudo passwd (set new root password)
-type a password with a german umlaut such as ö or ä
-start a browser and go to http://localhost:631/
-click administrate printers
-in the authentication dialog type user root and your password with the german umlaut

result: authentication fails even when the correct root password was given

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Christian Diefenbach (christiand59) wrote :

OS version is Ubunty 11.04 (Natty) with the latest cups updates

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in cups (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

I have checked and Precise has still the problem. Seems to be a bug of CUPS uptream. Please report it on

http://www.cups.org/str.php

and add a link here.

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Hamster (hamster) wrote :

I've created a bug report

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4038+Qversion:1.5

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