TP refuse my admin password (sudo)

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Kagou
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TP refuse my admin password (sudo)

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Fresh Ubuntu 8.10 install
turboprint_2.05-1_i386.deb installed

When tp ask for my system/administrator password, it's refused (and I know that this is the right password).

/var/log/auth.log

Nov 1 21:36:54 agape su[6745]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=pts/2 ruser=kagou rhost= user=root
Nov 1 21:36:55 agape sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/3 ruser= rhost= user=kagou
Nov 1 21:36:56 agape su[6745]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
Nov 1 21:36:56 agape su[6745]: FAILED su for root by kagou
Nov 1 21:36:56 agape su[6745]: - pts/2 kagou:root
Nov 1 21:36:59 agape sudo: kagou : 1 incorrect password attempt ; TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/home/kagou ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/sh -c echo AUTHF10A ; tpsetup --writesettings "/tmp/tp6678_1.tmp" > "/tmp/tp6678_0.tmp"
Nov 1 21:37:00 agape su[6751]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=pts/2 ruser=kagou rhost= user=root
Nov 1 21:37:02 agape su[6751]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
Nov 1 21:37:02 agape su[6751]: FAILED su for root by kagou
Nov 1 21:37:02 agape su[6751]: - pts/2 kagou:root
Nov 1 21:37:03 agape sudo: kagou : TTY=pts/3 ; PWD=/home/kagou ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/sh -c echo AUTHF10A ; tpsetup --writesettings "/tmp/tp6678_1.tmp" > "/tmp/tp6678_2.tmp"
Nov 1 21:37:30 agape su[6778]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser=kagou rhost= user=root
Nov 1 21:37:31 agape sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/2 ruser= rhost= user=kagou
Nov 1 21:37:32 agape su[6778]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
Nov 1 21:37:32 agape su[6778]: FAILED su for root by kagou
Nov 1 21:37:32 agape su[6778]: - pts/1 kagou:root
Nov 1 21:37:34 agape su[6784]: pam_unix(su:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=1000 euid=0 tty=pts/1 ruser=kagou rhost= user=root
Nov 1 21:37:35 agape sudo: kagou : 1 incorrect password attempt ; TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/kagou ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/sh -c echo AUTHF10A ; tpsetup --writesettings "/tmp/tp6678_1.tmp" > "/tmp/tp6678_3.tmp"
Nov 1 21:37:35 agape sudo: pam_unix(sudo:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=/dev/pts/2 ruser= rhost= user=kagou
Nov 1 21:37:36 agape su[6784]: pam_authenticate: Authentication failure
Nov 1 21:37:36 agape su[6784]: FAILED su for root by kagou
Nov 1 21:37:36 agape su[6784]: - pts/1 kagou:root
Nov 1 21:37:38 agape sudo: kagou : 1 incorrect password attempt ; TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/home/kagou ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/sh -c echo AUTHF10A ; tpsetup --writesettings "/tmp/tp6678_1.tmp" > "/tmp/tp6678_4.tmp"
kagou@agape:~$
zedonet
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Post by zedonet »

Hello,

a workaround is to start TurboPrint Control Center as root user from command line:

sudo turboprint
Kagou
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Post by Kagou »

Ok it's just a workaround, if you need tests to investigating the bug let me know.
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