David A. Parker wrote: > > 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. There is an option in the config file to stop this happening (can't remember which one.) > 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. Your issue is probably similar to this: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=323796 If so, you can get around it by entering URL by hand and > Does anyone have any ideas about this? Is cups just plain broken right > now, or can this be corrected? Dude, if this is your biggest problem with cups right now then you are lucky. Apparently it is really broken in Testing/Unstable for some people at the moment. Hope this helps, -- George Borisov DXSolutions Ltd
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