Re: [PLUG] CUPS setup and port confusion

[Paul <emailme@dpagin.net>]

Ben Dugan wrote:

> I'm struggling with a CUPS printer setup.  My computer has the address 
> 192.168.1.9.  I've disabled its firewall (I think) by running 
> /etc/init.d/ipchains stop.
>
> If I put this url in a browser I do in fact get the CUPS admin screen:
>   http://localhost:631/admin
>
> But the following url does not work (Forbidden:You don't have 
> permission to access the resource on this server):
>   http://192.168.1.9:631/admin
>
> The /var/log/httpd log files show the working access but show no sign 
> of the rejected one, so I guess its being rejected at a lower level.  
> But I'm at a loss where that might be.



If it's a newer distribution maybe you need to disable iptables; 
ipchains is old school.  Try leaving the "/admin" part off.

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