cupsd question

Tino27 · 11-22-2003, 06:08 PM

I am running a two computer setup at home, one desktop with a wired connection to a gateway/router and a laptop with a wireless connection. I have attached my HP printer to my desktop computer and set up the desktop computer to use CUPS. When I use nmap, indeed port 631 shows up on my desktop computer. When I finally managed to get my laptop set up so that I could print to this printer, somehow it also enabled cupsd to start on my laptop during boot-up (and is thus showing port 631 as listening when I do nmap scans of my laptop).

My question is...do I actually need cups running on my laptop to print to the printer attached to the desktop computer? Obviously I need it on the desktop computer. I am attempting to lock down as many ports as possible on my laptop and if I don't need to be running cups on my laptop, I want to disable it. BTW, port 631 is not being made available outside my home network. I use the laptop at coffee shops/cafes that offer 802.11b and don't want to make that port available if I don't have to.

TIA.

nxny · 12-05-2003, 11:42 AM

If you have the ba**s to come this far, what is possibly stopping you from shutting down cupsd on your laptop and trying to print? If it stopped printing, you can simply start it back again

You dont need a local cupsd to print to desktop:631 ( ipp )

I run pretty much the same setup. Except that the laptop is running Win2K.

HappyTux · 12-05-2003, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tino27
I am running a two computer setup at home, one desktop with a wired connection to a gateway/router and a laptop with a wireless connection. I have attached my HP printer to my desktop computer and set up the desktop computer to use CUPS. When I use nmap, indeed port 631 shows up on my desktop computer. When I finally managed to get my laptop set up so that I could print to this printer, somehow it also enabled cupsd to start on my laptop during boot-up (and is thus showing port 631 as listening when I do nmap scans of my laptop).

My question is...do I actually need cups running on my laptop to print to the printer attached to the desktop computer? Obviously I need it on the desktop computer. I am attempting to lock down as many ports as possible on my laptop and if I don't need to be running cups on my laptop, I want to disable it. BTW, port 631 is not being made available outside my home network. I use the laptop at coffee shops/cafes that offer 802.11b and don't want to make that port available if I don't have to.

TIA.

On your laptops /etc/cups/cupsd.conf you want to make sure this section is uncommented:

Code:

## Restrict access to local domain
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1

Tino27 · 12-05-2003, 12:45 PM

nxny: You're right. I should've just tried it. I think I had just managed to get everything working after installing Slack. I think my thought at the time was something along the lines of "it ain't broke, don't screw with it."

HappyTux: Will Linux even use cupsd.conf if I have disabled the service? Or does your comment assume that I am still running cupsd on my laptop?

HappyTux · 12-05-2003, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tino27
nxny: You're right. I should've just tried it. I think I had just managed to get everything working after installing Slack. I think my thought at the time was something along the lines of "it ain't broke, don't screw with it."

HappyTux: Will Linux even use cupsd.conf if I have disabled the service? Or does your comment assume that I am still running cupsd on my laptop?

Yes with the service still running if it is not running the config file would not be read.