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Why is Cups unable to add a printer?
CUPS web interface says “Unable to add printer: Forbidden” when adding a printer on new Debian stable installation with root account disabled – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange I installed CUPS 2.2.1 on a fresh installation of Debian 9 (stretch/stable).
How do I add policy to CUPS scheduler?
The easiest way to add a policy to the cupsd.conf file is to use the web interface. Click on the Administration tab and then the Edit Configuration File button to edit the current cupsd.conf file. Click on the Save Changes button to save the changes and restart the scheduler.
How do I change the policy on my printer?
To associate the policy with one or more printers, use either the lpadmin (8) command or the web interface to change the operation policy for each printer. When using the lpadmin command, the -o printer-op-policy=name option sets the operation policy for a printer.
How to add a printer to Cups command line?
Use the lpadmincommand with the -poption to add a printer to CUPS. Only the most commonly used options of the CUPS lpadmincommand are shown here. For information about other options, see the lpadmin(8) man page.
Is the add printer page forbidden in Fedora Cups?
Cups “add printer” page returns forbidden on Web Interface on http://localhost:631/admin I tried adding my main user to “lp” and restarting, but no change.
When do I get a forbidden error in cups?
Package: cups Version: 1.4.4-7 Severity: important After a fresh install of cups, if I attempt to add a printer from ” http://localhost:631 ” I get a forbidden error. This occurs on the first page before I have a chance to add any information.
What does ” unable to add printer ; forbidden ” mean?
When I try to add a printer from “localhost:631/admin”, I get this output: “Add Printer Error; Unable to add printer: Forbidden”. It’s the same error, just at different times. I don’t understand this error message, so help would be appreciated.
Do you get ” unable to add printer : Forbidden ” error as before?
And nitpick – “I get the same “Unable to add printer: Forbidden” error as before”. But you didn’t mention it the first time. 🙂 I suggest leaving out the “as before” bit.
Is there an executable to add a printer?
There is an executable, lpadmin, which you can also use to add a printer. Try using that instead – it might be easier to diagnose. – Faheem MithaSep 16 ’17 at 22:29 And nitpick – “I get the same “Unable to add printer: Forbidden” error as before”. But you didn’t mention it the first time.
How to listen for shared printers in cups?
Listen localhost:631 Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock # Show shared printers on the local network. Browsing On BrowseLocalProtocols dnssd # Default authentication type, when authentication is required…