Description of problem: Some HP printers require closed-source plugin to be installed. The version must match hplip, so after each upgrade user have to run "hp-plugin -i". Latest version added apparently misguided code preventing running the command as root, thus making installation impossible. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): hplip-3.15.7-1.fc22.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run "hp-plugin -i" 2. 3. Actual results: error: hp-plugin should not be run as root/superuser Expected results: Plugin should be installed Additional info:
And does it work when you run it as non-root ? (Also bug #1249414)
It doesn't work as non-root. The behaviour is exactly like in bug#1249414 – if I ssh into the machine and run ”hp-plugin -i” as an user, it hangs during the process. In process list I see that ”su” is invoked by hp-plugin. But nothing is displayed on screen and no input is working. My computer is used as a print server. The plugin needs to be installed system-wide. There is no user locally printing on this computer, everything is network-printed via CUPS.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1249414 ***