Entered wrong username at cups and now I can't manage printers

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I just installed cups. When the webinterface asked me for username and password, I gave my regular user and not the root password. Now I can't log in (forbidden). I tried to clear the browsing data without success. What should I do?

As you already suspected, the login is stored in the browser. Most browsers will forget about this when restarted. — chirlu, May 16 '13 at 17:33

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '13 at 07:28

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As chirlu commented, restarting the browser solved this.

answered May 18 '13 at 07:28

Yotam

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '21 at 16:59

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Reopening the admin page in private mode worked for me.

answered Mar 15 '21 at 16:59

sfaleron

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IMO, this is the best answer. It is insanely simple, and is not prone to issues when a browser might restore state even when it is stopped and restarted. – kbulgrien Dec 29 '21 at 05:54
yes, that is the ONLY answer that works for me. – John Greene Feb 24 '22 at 17:51

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '17 at 18:00

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Alternatively, you can just delete the session cookie for cups.

Here's how to do this in Mozilla Firefox:

(I'm using Firefox in German, so your menu item names might differ)

Open Menu → Settings (or type about:preferences into the address bar)
In English this may be "Tools" → "Options".
Select tab "Privacy"
Click "[delete] individual cookies"
In English this may be "Show Cookies..."
Search for "localhost" (or whatever the URL is you're running the CUPS interface on), find the cookie called org.cups.sid or similar, and delete it.
Reload the CUPS interface webpage, you should now be logged out.

edited Sep 12 '17 at 18:00

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answered Sep 01 '17 at 10:52

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This answer would be more usable if you would provide some instructions (i.e., explicit steps) for how to do this. – Scott - Слава Україні Sep 01 '17 at 18:16
Sorry. Done! Added instructions for Firefox. – chaoscommander Sep 12 '17 at 10:27
Though it would seem the best solution, deleting the cookie doesn't seem to work on Firefox 52.9.0. Restarting the browser (no need to delete the cookie) worked. – Skippy le Grand Gourou Aug 16 '18 at 10:16

Entered wrong username at cups and now I can't manage printers

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