Re: accessing shared printed from virtualbox client
On 2011-04-02, Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu> wrote:
>> What sort of networking
>> are you using in virtualbox? Can you tell us more about the network
>> configuration within the XP guest OS?
>
> The virtualbox manager says
> Adapter 1: PCnet-FAST III (NAT)
OK, that's the default. We have established elsewhere that the host is
contactable from the guest as 10.0.2.2.
>
> /etc/cups/printers.conf (see the original post) does say that the printer is
> shared. At the CUPS web interface
> (http://localhost:631/printers/LaserJet_5MP), though, the header says "Not
> Shared". So I'm not sure about that.
Me neither, but I would place more trust in the file than the web
interface.
The file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf on the host will tell you on which
interfaces the daemon is listening.
--
Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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