Request for, root password from add network printer, dialog???

[Jay Ridgley]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:40 +020 Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Message: 9 Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:40 +0200 From: Nils Kassube
> <kassube at gmx.net> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Request for
> root password from add network printer, dialog??? Message-ID:
> <201106101316.40886.kassube at gmx.net> Content-Type: Text/Plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1" Jay Ridgley wrote:
>>>> >  >  >  I have a system I just created, things were going smoothly until
>>>> >  >  >  I attempted to add a network printer. The dialog asks for root
>>>> >  >  >  password and I have not been able to get around it. What is the
>>>> >  >  >  solution?
>> >  Perhaps I did not make myself clear, the request is for USER root and
>> >  the password for ROOT. I am logged in as myself (with sudo
>> >  privileges). I am running 10.04.2 LTS, if that helps.
> IIRC, the password dialog is a box where you can change the user. Enter
> your own login name as user and your own password.
>
>
> Nils

Thanks Nils That worked. But what caused it in the first place?

Cheers,
Jay
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Jay Ridgley
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