Ubuntu
system-config-printer package

  1. Bug #387970
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 387970

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Paul Mitchell (paul-d-mitchell) wrote : Re: cups asks for root password

I've only ever seen this message when the user wasn't a member of "lpadmin". The UI user manager has a check box "configure printers" under the account advanced settings. I believe the message is coming because CUPS is asking for an HTTP password.