Re: CUPS asking for https access

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On Friday 09 February 2007 04:45, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I'm running Fedora Core 6. Installed CUPS. Default config, didn't make
>> any changes except change things to allow access from my local
>> network.
>>
>> Then I try to access the CUPS server through my browser at
>> "http://192.168.17.13:631/";. That works fine too. I get the page and
>> all. After that, I click on one of the links on top (viz. "Add
>> Printer") and I get a message thus:
>>
>> "426 Upgrade Required
>>
>> You must access this page using the URL
>> https://myhostname.fqdn:631/admin?OP=add-printer.";
>>
>> After that nothing happens. The browser just keeps trying to connect
>> ... that's all. Going back to the main page and then clicking any of
>> the links has no effect ... it just keeps trying to connect. (That's
>> ok, I am guessing the browser is trying to redirect to the https link
>> and hence getting stuck). Going to the https link directly too has no
>> effect.
>>
>> Here's the entries from "/var/log/cups/error_log" after doing a
>> restart of cupsd and trying again:
>>
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections
>> per host. I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Using policy "default" as the
>> default! I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Full reload is required.
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups':
>> 34 types, 38 filters...
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Loading job cache file
>> "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Full reload complete.
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 on fd 3...
>> I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Listening to 192.168.17.13:631 on fd
>> 4... I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:24 +0400] Listening to
>> /var/run/cups/cups.sock on fd 5... I [08/Feb/2007:16:32:40 +0400]
>> Generating SSL server key...
>>
>> As you can see, its trying to generate an SSL key and getting stuck.
>> Which explains why the https access/ redirects too are getting stuck
>> ...
>>
>> Any ideas what I can do to avoid this? I have put statements like
>> "Encryption Never" my cupsd.conf, but that doesn't seem to solve the
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rakhesh
>
>No ideas anyone ...?

localhost:631 is not an encrypted port AFAIK.

However, I note that there is this entry in my cupsd.conf

ServerKey /usr/etc/cups/ssl/server.key

which in fact could be commented as its the default.

Have you redefined the port from the default 631?  Port 443 is normally 
used for ssl functions I believe.

In any event, the ssl should work, and that is where I'd point my nose to 
see if the problem can be sniffed out.

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