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Date:      Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:42:24 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Bob Falanga <rfalang.bob@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Start-up of freeBSD need help with one question.
Message-ID:  <44iqo4vn0f.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
In-Reply-To: <58d1e8d30901230444x17e3e979ofa9f38e2cddc0e0f@mail.gmail.com> (Bob Falanga's message of "Fri\, 23 Jan 2009 07\:44\:36 -0500")
References:  <58d1e8d30901230444x17e3e979ofa9f38e2cddc0e0f@mail.gmail.com>

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Bob Falanga <rfalang.bob@gmail.com> writes:

> When I try to configure a printer, CUPS requires a user id, my own or root.
> But it will not accept either.
> Interestingly, at boot up time I saw CUPS started three times but cannot
> find where all the requests for start is.
> I added a line in rd.conf to start CUPS but that is the only place.

I'd try to solve the second problem before the first (for me, the root
password works fine; although normally, I don't *have* a valid password
on the root account).

The correct way to start cups from rc.conf is:
cupsd_enable="YES"
Is that how you do it? 

-- 
Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area
		http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/



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