Re: CUPS, what's wrong?
On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 02:30:21PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> This one time, at band camp, Calber Chainy said:
> > Hello list:
> >
> > I wanted to have a print server and heard of cups.
> >
> > I want to have remote control of the server and heard i could do it easily using
> > cups and a navigator.
> >
> > So i did a little of apt-getting and edited the cupsd.conf file in /etc/cupsys.
> >
> > Theese are the detailes I changed:
> >
> > ServerName reorx
> > ServerAdmin root@reorx
> > Port 631
> > HostNameLookups On
> > BrowseProtocols cups
> > BrowseAdress 192.168.0.255 (my broadcast lan adress)
> > BrowseAllow 192.168.0.255 (again)
> > BrowseDeny All
> > BrowseOrder allow,deny
> > BrowsePort 631
> >
> >
> > When I try to connect to port 631 from other machine it says I am not
> > authorised.
> >
> > Any Ideas??
> >
> > Thanks A lot.
> >
> > Chainy.
>
> Make sure you have:
> Browsing On
> and you should have 2 stanzas like so:
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.0.255
> </Location>
>
> <Location /admin>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthClass System
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.0.255
> </Location>
>
> This allows browsing and administration from anywhere in the LAN - check
> out the comments in the config file for details of what each feature
> does. By default, CUPS doesn't allow remote administration, so you have
> to change these to values similar to above to make it work and then
> restart it (/etc/init.d/cupsys restart).
>
> HTH,
> Steve
> --
> This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
> -- Dorothy Parker
Thanks very much Steve for those tips, I checked out everything changing what you pointed out but it does not want to
work.
When I type from other machine in lan the adress + :631 the browser tells me I have no authorization to see that page.
Any other ideas?
Thanks a lot.
Chainy.
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