Re: can't access CUPS through browser

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (18/06/06 15:50), Roger Leigh wrote:
> Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Are you trying to access cups from a browser on the same machine on
> > which cups is installed?
> >
> > Under security options in /etc/cups/cups.conf you need something like:
> >
> > <Location />
> > Order Deny,Allow
> > Deny From All
> > Allow From 127.0.0.1  
> > Allow From 192.168.1.*  # to access from another PC on the LAN
> 
> Or even
> 
>   Allow from @LOCAL
> 
> for all local interfaces.
> 
> > </Location>
> >
> > To login type in your browser:
> >
> > http://localhost:631
> > or http://[ipaddress]:631  (to access from a different machine)
> 
> With the new CUPS, https is preferable to http; the admin pages are
> restricted to https only.

Thanks for this ... didn't realise :)

Regards

Clive

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