I confirm that this bug is still present in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) Desktop, with the latest automatic updates as of the date of this comment.
To get around this bug, either run system-config-printer from the command line as root using sudo, or add the user which will execute the command to the group lpadmin. -- Add Printer won't take password https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159751 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs