[Bug 41304] root privileges needed to set default printer

[mannheim]

Public bug reported:

Affects: gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Confirmed


Description:
I have two printers configured and working, with dapper. Then:

1. I launch gnome-cups-manager as an ordinary user (a member of the
lpadmin group).

2. Right-click on the icon for one printer and select "Make default".

Actual results: nothing appears to happen.

Expected results: a "check" emblem appears, and the selected printer
becomes the default.

Additional information: If I call gnome-cups-manager as root, using
sudo, then I can change the default printer as expected, no problem.

The permissions on the file /etc/cups/printers.conf are

-rw-------  owner=cupsys, group=lp

My version of cupsys is cupsys_1.1.99.rc2-0ubuntu2, but the problem did
not start with this version.

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root privileges needed to set default printer
https://launchpad.net/bugs/41304