On Sunday 05 May 2019 03:12:40 pm Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Gene Heskett <[email protected]> writes: > > On Sunday 05 May 2019 01:06:13 pm Ulf Volmer wrote: > >> On 05.05.19 18:56, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> > Stretch install, from a custom iso the LCNC folks are testing, > >> > but the apache2 install was all pulled in with synaptic. No > >> > errors. > >> > > >> > As root; > >> > > >> > Service apache2 start, gets this from systemctl: > >> > > >> > May 05 12:49:20 coyote systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP > >> > Server... May 05 12:49:20 coyote apachectl[20456]: apache2: > >> > Syntax error on line 204 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: Syntax > >> > error on line 1 > >> > of /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/authz_default.load: Cannot > >> > load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_authz_default.so > >> > May 05 12:49:20 coyote apachectl[20456]: Action 'start' failed. > >> > >> mod_authz_default.so has been removed in apache 2.4: > >> > >> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html > >> > >> I guess you are trying to run a 2.2 config with a 2.4 apache. > >> > >> Best regards > >> Ulf > > > > Now I am certifiably upset, this web page needs printed. This is a > > new install it took me 3 damned days just to get networking working > > as it was stuck on ipv6 only, denying me net access to anything on > > the otgher side of my router, and the nearest ipv6 support is a > > minimum of 100 miles away. So I am not in a good mood. > > > > And the only printer it detected was the printer I wanted to use, > > but it spit out about 50 pages of blank paper when I did. so I go > > back into localhost:631 to printers/admin/brother HL-2140 and click > > on modify to see if I can fix it, to be greeted by an advisory that > > sys I as first user, has no permissions to do anything. > > > > Now, since much of this is owned by root:root, and theres no > > provisions to use sud, what do I do except chown the whole subdir to > > me:me, do what I have to do, and change it all back, difficult > > remember since parts of it are owned by root:Lp > > > > So, and I fought with this problem in wheezy too but adding myself > > to some selected entries in /etc/group half fixed it. Meaning > > whenever it asked for a password, I changed the displayed username > > to me, and used my passwd, which worked about 99% of the time. > > > > But this is 2019, and now stretch, so what do I add, or edit into > > to /etc/cupsd.conf, here > > > > # Restrict access to the admin pages... > > <Location /admin> > > Order allow,deny > > </Location> > > > > To get me, the first user (#1000) not root, to do what I need to do > > to fix this and add about 4 other profiles, 3 for a huge tabloid > > capable brother and of course cups.pdf? > > This has nothing to do with the apache2 error you mentioned earlier. > In a roundabout way it does. I blame it on the extremely excessive security paranoia that pervades the linux environment and gets worse by the next release every time.
> To do printer administration using the web interface, add yourself to > the lpadmin group. When the web interface asks for credentials, put > your own username and password. FYI I am a member of the lpadmin group. Whats next? reboot to make it take effect? That involves restarting at least 20 other things this machine does on a 24/7/365.25 basis. Not impossible but a bunch of drugery nonetheless. IOW since I am "it" till I fail to answer roll call, likely in the visible future since I'm already equipt with plastic yeys and a pacemaker and am presently 84 yo, lets swat this once and for all till then. You have made it very clear not to assign a pw to root, do everything with sudo. In which case lets make sudo work since its only used about 20% of the time now. From the cli TBE. But we've been configuring cups from localhost:631 for well over 15 years now, no one wants to try and remember all the arcane text phrases used with lpadmin to configure anything as complex as even a 100 dollar brother b&w laser printer. I have all the brother drivers here for both printers, the other is a brother MFC-J6920DW, which is found 4 times by lpinfo -l -v. But it has both a usb cable and a net cable at its own ip. > https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#webinterface I have this page visible in FF right now, and its typical for linux docs, it makes the assumption that everyone has what I assume is a group of env vars so it doesn't waste a crossed t or a dot over a lowercase i to explain just who or what @LOCAL or @ADMIN or @SYSTEM or @OWNER actually is. So lets define them so one can have an idea at least of who or what they represent. Once they are properly defined, maybe I can put them to some usefull purpose. At the end of the day, I want them to Just Work. So lets start with the denial even though I am a member of the lpadmin group. Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
