Nope, I always create a separate, dedicated root account. And install (when not installed) and configure sudo manually after installation.
Had earlier tried various approaches from root prompt (after a sudo -i) and from my regular account with and without sudo. Didn't work. But the sudo hp-plugin -i command does indeed work (didn't know the -i parameter to hp-plugin). Tried it in a VirtualBox Debian unstable installation. Thanks! On 3/26/19 11:16 AM, Brian Potkin wrote: > On Tue 26 Mar 2019 at 08:03:26 +0100, Mari Donkers wrote: > > [...] > >> * Reproducing >> >> If hplip 3.18.12 works fine at your system I don't know how to reproduce >> the problem. I do have sudo installed and my account added to the sudo >> group to enable. But when hplip asks for a password it has 'root' >> already filled in for the username (grayed out so it cannot be changed) >> so I typed my root password in the dialog window. > When you installed Debian did you choose not to create a root account > and instead went for sudo rights? > > I think 'sudo hp-plugin -i' should install the plugin, as should the > method in the link given. Both can be tested on your present system > without damaging it. > > Regards, > > Brian.
