On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 08:17 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 08:03 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 20:52 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > > > I have recently added an FC5 system to my home network. > > > I already have an FC4 server that has all my printers connected and I > > > want to not have to move them. I want to have all machines on my local > > > LAN able to print to this server. > > > Note: I am not running samba since I have no windows systems to deal > > > with. > > > > > > Printing from the local machine works, so it seems this is related to > > > enabling > > > > > > I have gone to the CUPS documentation and it seems that I should be able > > > to add a simple "Listen IP:port" in the cupsd.conf file and it should > > > work. > > > Whenever I try adding this option in the conf file then restarting cups > > > it fails with "child exited with error 98!", as if the syntax was wrong. > > > I cannot see the error, and what I have is like the example given in > > > the .conf file but it just fails. > > > > > > Without the Listen option, the access_log shows me that the printing > > > attempt from the remote system fails with a 403 error. > > > > > > Any pointers to the obviously simple fix for my blind eyes? > > > > Make sure there's no uncommented "Port" option in the file. > > > > What I have on my printer server is: > > > > Browsing On > > BrowseProtocols cups > > BrowseOrder Deny,Allow > > BrowseAllow from @LOCAL > > BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255 > > Listen *:631 > > > > The other linux boxes on my network auto-discover my printer with this > > config on the server. > > > > Paul. > > > I see this at the end of my cupsd.conf file > > <Location /printers/stylus-photo-r300--1> > Order Deny,Allow > Deny From All > Allow From 127.0.0.1 > AuthType None > </Location> In each of the location stanzas of the type above I added another "Allow From x.x.x.x" line with the IP of the remote workstation. Now when I restarted cupsd I can print from the remote workstation. This is at best a work-around and I need to find out why it cannot be configured this way using the cups interface (or file a bug because it cannot). > Browsing On > BrowseProtocols cups > BrowseOrder Deny,Allow > BrowseAllow from @LOCAL > BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255 > Listen *:631 > > Similar <Location> stanzas for *some* of the printers I have defined, > but not all. > It seems it has all the lines you suggested Paul, but the location > blocks likely prevent the connection. > > My questions now become this: > 1. Why does it only show some of the defined printers? > All were defined using the cups interface. The ones listed in cupsd.conf > and those not listed there all work from the local print server. > > 2. This area is clearly marked with a line that says > # Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT > What happens if I do edit that part of the file, then maybe change or > add printers after editing it? > > > I would think that the use of the cups interface to define printers > would be standard, but it was not. I also cannot find in any of > the /admin pages a way to turn on sharing so it seems this would have to > be edited in order to enable sharing. > > I guess the admin of cups is a bit obscure on how to do things other > than printing on the localhost. > > I will try a couple of other things and see what the result is. > > Thanks for the pointers. > > Jeff >
