Ubuntu
system-config-printer package

  1. Bug #387970
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 387970

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Alaric (jroose) wrote : Re: cups asks for root password

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 beta and this appears to be affecting a clean install. When I attempt to add a printer it prompts me for the root password that does not exist. I can also confirm that running gksudo rectifies the problem. For this reason, I feel system-config-printer (mine is version 1.1.91) should utilize gksudo for privelege escalation as opposed to the seemingly custom made box prompting for a root password.