Holy Crap I Fixed Something with Terminal!
OK, so I am kind of proud of myself here. I have had ZERO experience in the command line environment until today. But I encountered a problem with adding a printer on my new MBP today....
Issue: When trying to add a printer through Bonjour, I got a message saying I needed to type the name and password of a user in the "lpadmin" group. I had access to every other part of the system. When prompted for my password in other areas, I was asked for mine as the system admin. But not in this area. It said that the addprint app needed this permission. My name and pass were rejected.
I had no idea what lpadmin meant, but I figured it was a permissions issue of some kind. I tried repairing permissions, restarting, even resetting the print system. No dice. So, after some research, I found this doc at Apple. I copied and pasted the code, putting my full username for "admin" and my short name for "student." I was prompted for my admin password, and then pressed enter.
Bingo! Issue fixed. Quite impressed with myself, actually. And, the experience got me interested in the terminal. Think I'll see what other mods I can make...carefully.
Anyone else had this issue?
Issue: When trying to add a printer through Bonjour, I got a message saying I needed to type the name and password of a user in the "lpadmin" group. I had access to every other part of the system. When prompted for my password in other areas, I was asked for mine as the system admin. But not in this area. It said that the addprint app needed this permission. My name and pass were rejected.
I had no idea what lpadmin meant, but I figured it was a permissions issue of some kind. I tried repairing permissions, restarting, even resetting the print system. No dice. So, after some research, I found this doc at Apple. I copied and pasted the code, putting my full username for "admin" and my short name for "student." I was prompted for my admin password, and then pressed enter.
Bingo! Issue fixed. Quite impressed with myself, actually. And, the experience got me interested in the terminal. Think I'll see what other mods I can make...carefully.
Anyone else had this issue?
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I have had ZERO experience in the command line environment until today.
start here: http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/ it's old, but everything in the intro section is still relevant. If anything talks about the netinfo database, ignore it as 10.5 did away with that and replaced it with something else.
after that http://www.macosxhints.com often has hints based on doing stuff in terminal. Their forums can be quite useful too.
Enjoy!
Terminal was the first app I popped up in OS X, can't help it, since I have had experience with UNIX and look-a-likes before OS X, and doing things in Terminal was easier for me than finding my way around OS X.
OS X is UNIX, most of what's here should work:
http://elqui.dcsc.utfsm.cl/util/unix...Utilities.html
Whoa! This was your first time using the Terminal!! How long have you been using OS X?
Terminal was the first app I popped up in OS X, can't help it, since I have had experience with UNIX and look-a-likes before OS X, and doing things in Terminal was easier for me than finding my way around OS X.
OS X is UNIX, most of what's here should work:
http://elqui.dcsc.utfsm.cl/util/unix...Utilities.html
Whoa! This was your first time using the Terminal!! How long have you been using OS X?
Terminal was the first app I popped up in OS X, can't help it, since I have had experience with UNIX and look-a-likes before OS X, and doing things in Terminal was easier for me than finding my way around OS X.
OS X is UNIX, most of what's here should work:
http://elqui.dcsc.utfsm.cl/util/unix...Utilities.html
Uh...since 10.1, actually. But I don't have UNIX experience and I've had little to no reason to try.