Re: CUPS broadcasting print queue availability

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2010-04-03, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2010-04-03 14:31, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> On 2010-04-03, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>> ---SNIP---
>>> root@diningroom:~# lpstat -v -h haggis
>>> lpstat: Connection refused
>> 
>> Are you sure the cups daemon is listening on haggis' external interface?
>> From the client, try 'telnet haggis 631' or 'nmap -p 631 haggis', after
>> installing the corresponding packages if necessary.
>> 
>
> (server)# grep ^BrowseAddress /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
> BrowseAddress @IF(eth0)
>
> Yes, I restarted cups after the change
>
> Client nmap output:
>    (client)# nmap -p 631 haggis
>
>    Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2010-04-03 14:36 CDT
>    Interesting ports on haggis.homelan (192.168.1.10):
>    PORT    STATE  SERVICE
>    631/tcp closed ipp
>    MAC Address: 00:24:1D:27:C0:FF (Giga-byte Technology Co.)
>
>    Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.59 seconds
>

So cups simply isn't listening on eth0. What is the value of the Listen
variable in /etc/cups/cups.conf on the server?

-- 
Liam O'Toole
Birmingham, United Kingdom