JOin the crowd, I did the same thing today .... and ran into the same
problem.... think its a bug...
On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Michael Hannon wrote:
> Greetings. There was discussion recently on this list about getting HP web
> JetAdmin for linux. I followed the URL that was posted, and I downloaded
> and installed the software. It seems to work, at least in the sense that
> if I point a browser to port 8000 on the Redhat 6.1 system on which I
> installed the software, I get a web page displayed with many useful-looking
> buttons. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use the software to set up
> a print queue.
>
> I can use the software to find HP printers on our network, and if I select
> one of those printers and click on "Install Printer", I get a
> promising-looking page with the hardware address of the printer already
> filled in. The other item on that page, which I'm required to specify, is
> the "Print Server you want the device to accept print jobs from". I assume
> that this is the linux box on which I want the print queue to be set up, so
> I fill in the box with "linuxbox.ucdavis.edu" and click the "Continue" button.
>
> That takes me to a page where I'm asked to specify:
>
> 1. a root user name
> 2. a user password
> 3. a new HP Print Server Manager Password
>
> I assume that the root user name refers to the linuxbox on which I want the
> queue set up, so I type in the password for the root account on
> linuxbox.ucdavis.edu. (I assume that the HP software can pass this
> information securely over the net???? I changed the password temporarily
> in any case.) I assume that the "Print Server Manager Password" can be
> anything I want, so I just type in some string, such as:
>
> JoeBob
>
> After I hit the "Continue" button, there is a noticeable delay, after which
> I get the message:
>
> "One of the passwords that you entered was invalid. Please provide a valid
> password information or select a different action from the task bar."
>
> This happens repeatedly, even if I cut and paste the password. I.e., I
> don't think it's a typing error. I'm evidently missing something basic
> here. Can somebody help?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Mike
>
>
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