Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.4.5) OS: Linux A few of the modules (Login Manager, for example), will prompt for a root password when elevated privileges are required, but the printing module does not. I can't find any option to run it with elevated privileges, apart from using kdesu. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: System Settings -> Printer Configuration -> New Network Printer Actual Results: Not authorized: the password may be incorrect Expected Results: Prompt for root password Appears in both Fedora 12 and Fedora 13.
Can you explain what problem this causes?
The problem is that non-root users cannot add network printers, even if they have the root password. A workaround exists by using kdesu to launch system-config-printer-kde, but it would be better for users (especially inexperienced users) to be prompted for the root password when needed. Other components of systemsettings do this already.
I also experience this issue, on Fedora 14 (KDE 4.5 I think), 15, and Slackware 13.37 (KDE 4.6) I circumvent it by using the web browser interface to CUPS, which does prompt for authentication.
"system-config-printer-kde" is no longer maintained and has been replaced with "Print Manager" since KDE 4.10. The new version is a C++ rewrite of the old Python version, and may still lack some features or have some bugs. If this or another issue still needs to be addressed in KDE 4.10 or newer, please add a comment, or report it for "Print Manager".