On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:02:40AM +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> On 01/13/2012 10:49 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >On 01/13/2012 08:42 AM, david walcroft wrote:
> >>No I used 'david', not root user.
> >
> >Well, that is your problem. A normal user isn't generally permitted to
> >make system wide configuration changes.
> >
> Can you tell me how to rectify my mistake and give me root privileges.
> I'm just a below average user.
>
> Thanks david
when you run the system-config-printer tool (which is what you get from
the gnome menus to add a printer) and it asks for authentication, just
type in root's password.
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