Re: SOLVED:Re: repeat of previous question that has goneunansweredseveraltimes.

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 5/11/23 19:41, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-05-11 18:24:39 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 11:58:56PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > > On 2023-05-11 12:08:01 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > > > Aha!!!! Got it, geany evince okular etc can now print from bpi54! Removing
> > > > the Listen localhost:631 directive from /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and inserting a
> > > >
> > > > Listen 192.168.xx.yy:631
> > > >
> > > > made the localhost:631/printers on this machine show up in FF on bpi54, all
> > > > 5 choices from this machine.
> > >
> > > Any explanation?
> >
> > Seems obvious enough to me.  CUPS on bpi54 was only listening to
> > loopback (localhost), but Gene wanted to print through it remotely.
> > So he had to make it listen to the network instead.
>
> My question was more on why does this affect localhost:631/printers?
>
> > My questions would be:
> >
> > 1) Can you put *both* Listen lines in, to keep loopback working?
>
> The cupsd.conf(5) man page says: "Multiple Listen directives can be
> provided to listen on multiple addresses."
My results seem to indicate otherwise.

> > 2) Failing that, can you use 0.0.0.0 as the Listen address, to listen on
> >     all interfaces?  That's the normal convention.
>
> According to the cupsd.conf(5) man page, you can use "Listen *:631".

The possibility exists that the star goes thru a different path, which 
works. untested here. But folks, that isn't a SWAG, its a plain old WAG.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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