Re: How do I get cups to monitor on port 721?

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 06/06/2006 08:50 AM, chouck@binghamton.edu wrote:
> How do I get cups to monitor on port 721?
> 
> I am trying to get a remote connection from IBM/VM that says it needs port 721 to print to connect to my Debian Linu$
> 
> I have added the following lines (in various combinations) to my /etc/cupts/cups.conf file.
> 
> #Listen 128.226.30.57:721
> #Listen 127.0.0.1:721
> Port 721
> BrowsePort 721
> 
> along with and sometimes not the following:
> Port 631
> 
> I do an nmap -sS -O -F <cups printer server IP>
> and NEVER have it see port 721 open!
> 
> How do I make my CUPS printer server to 'listen' on port 721 for print request?
> OR what do I need to have done to the IBM machine?

Perhaps you have a firewall blocking that port?  Happened to me with
port 631... it's easy to forget.

Regards,
Ralph