[SOLVED] cups admin fails

samhill5215 · 04-09-2011, 06:14 AM

I am unable to access cups admin via 631 port. Since I'm running non-desktop server I can't use localhost:631. In cupsd.conf I added a listen line for the client machine ip (the one I use to access cups) but no go. I also added Allow directives with this ip in the <Location> blocks. Nothing works. Cups server is running.

I read somewhere about adding the cupsys user to the shadow group but I have no such user.

Any ideas?

michaelk · 04-09-2011, 06:30 AM

Make sure your firewall if running allows traffic on 631/tcp.
You can use a command line web browser like lynx or elinks to access cups via localhost:631.

unSpawn · 04-09-2011, 07:06 AM

...or a SSH tunnel from client to server and redirect your browser to the local tunnel port.

samhill5215 · 04-12-2011, 08:06 AM

There's more than one way to skin a cat. Here's what I did all in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:

I changed Listen localhost:631 to Port 631
I added Allow all to <Location />, <Location /admin> and <Location /admin/conf>
The only other line in those three spots is Order allow, deny

These settings might seem overly permissive but I believe the <Limit> sections provide sufficient protection.

Anyway now it all works spotlessly. I really shouldn't take credit for this. I found the solution in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...e_and_tool-kit