Re: cupsd - Allow from LAN not working
On (29/06/05 11:49), John Miller wrote:
> Clive Menzies writes:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >I have two servers running cupsd (sarge) and can administer their
> >printers, locally, as member of the group lpadmin.
> >
> >For convenience I want to be able to administer both printers from
> >anywhere on the network. Historically, I've used ssh/lynx but for
> >users, I would like to allow them access via http://server:631
> >
> >I've edited the cupsd.conf file as follows:
> >
> >## Restrict access to local domain
> >Order Deny,Allow
> >Deny From All
> >Allow From 127.0.0.1
> >Allow From 192.168.1.*
> >
> >as per man cupsd.conf but I get:
> >Forbidden
> >You don't have permission to access the resource on this server.
> >
> >I've also tried 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.0/24 without success; I have
> >restarted cupsys after each edit.
> >
> >Has anyone got this working or should I report a bug? .... of course I
> >may have missed something blindingly obvious ;)
> >
> This'll probably tend towards the obvious side, but make sure that you've
> got your LAN's IP range listed in both the
> <Location /> and <Location /admin>
> sections. Can the workstations submit print jobs and just not access the
> admin stuff, or are they totally CUPS-disabled?
Yes, they can print fine so it's purely admin access that is the problem
Someone suggested off-list, adding a line to the inetd.conf file for
cupsd but it doesn't seem to help.
Regards
Clive
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