Weird cups problems
Hello,
I am running Debian Etch, and I have recently upgraded cups on my
system. Aside from all of the other problems which have already been
reported with the new version of cups, I have one I can't seem to find
much information on.
Whenever I start cups, it puts several random network printers located
in other people's offices into my /etc/printcap file and they show up
when I go to localhost:631. I do not actually have access to these
printers, I can't delete them from within the web interface. When I try
to delete them, the "Delete Printer" button is a link to IP address of
the printer, not to localhost. For example, my IP address 10.3.1.40,
and one of these printers show up as "i9900" and the device URI is
"ipp://ip-3-1-216.utica.edu:631/printers/i9900". The "Delete Printer"
button is a link to
"http://ip-3-1-216.utica.edu:631/admin/?op=delete-printer&printer_name=i9900";
and I get a "Forbidden" error when it tried to connect to 10.3.1.216.
I can't delete the /etc/printcap file because it just comes back the
next time I restart cups. I have removed and purged all cups packages,
deleted the /etc/cups and /var/run/cups directories and the
/etc/printcap file, reinstalled, and the same thing happens. I have
edited /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, turned browsing off and restarted cups, but
it continues to find these same printers and place them into the file.
Does anyone have any ideas about this? Is cups just plain broken right
now, or can this be corrected?
Thanks!
Dave
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Dave Parker
Utica College Department of
Integrated Information Technology Services
Data Processing Office
(315) 792-3229
Registered Linux User #408177
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