Bug#1022974: hplip and sudo

[Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@gmail.com>]

> Firstly, an installation of Debian without a root password will
> install sudo. Therefore, it does not need to be a dependancy of
> HPLIP.
>
> Secondly, HPLIP will only interact with Debian via a root pasword.
> A user's password with sudo is not acceptable. See
>
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825383
>   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=925222
>
> Having HPLIP depend on sudo is not a solution. Hence closing.

Ok, keeping systems with a root account sudo-free has some value, but 
I'll note that sudo without a root account works fine with the 
following lines added to ~/.hplip/hplip.conf :

[authentication]
su_sudo=sudo

Best,
Teemu