[Gllug] CUPS Question

[Ken Smith]

OK Cracked it.

You need

Allow From 172.16.0.* (my LAN address range)

in both the <Location /admin> and <Location /> sections

Plus Listen 172.16.0.3:631 (my print box's IP) at the end of the file.

Thanks guys

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Crowther" <robertc at boogdesign.com>
To: "Greater London Linux Users Group" <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] CUPS Question


> Ken Smith wrote:
>
> >I have tried various settings in the "Allow From" area in cupsd.conf and
> >restarting CUPS but I don't seem to be able to find the right
incantation.
> >Other LAN access to the machine is working fine.
> >
> >Ideas anyone?
> >
> >
> >
> In mine I have:
>
> Browsing On
> BrowseProtocols cups
> BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
> BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
> Listen 127.0.0.1:631
> Listen 192.168.xxx.yyy:631
>
> Except there's a proper IP subnet instead of xxx etc., I think it's the
> first one that's important for the admin interface, the next two only
> make sure the queue is announced on the network AFAIK.  All this appears
> right at the end of the file, RedHat print config put it there I think,
> I once spent a good hour or so editing settings further up the file and
> wondering why this seemed to be having no effect...  I can access the
> web interface no problem from other machines on the Lan but it demands
> username and password before it'll let you do anything.
>
> Also, before I switched this on I found elinks highly capable of running
> the web interface if I just SSH'd into the print server box.
>
> Rob
>
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