CUPS web interface gives 403 Forbidden error upon connecting to 127.0.0.1:631
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CUPS web interface gives 403 Forbidden error upon connecting to 127.0.0.1:631
Hello,
I'm on arch linux, and I've just got this issue, I'm trying to add a new printer on my netbook and I can't get cups to work anymore, it was working a little bit ago (maybe a few weeks ago) but now when I try it, it doesn't work. I will post any conf files you need. Thanks in advance,
then i take it that the cups deamon is not starting
what is in the error message when you try to manually start it .
Is there anything in any of the logs after you try to manually start it
and what has changes since the time that it was working
then i take it that the cups deamon is not starting
what is in the error message when you try to manually start it .
Is there anything in any of the logs after you try to manually start it
and what has changes since the time that it was working
No errors upon starting. It starts fine. The error log shows an interesting line though:
Code:
E [24/Jul/2011:09:25:03 -0400] Request from "192.168.0.101" using invalid Host: field "localhost:631"
This repeats 4 times in the logs. Not sure why. However starting the daemon there are no errors and it completes. To confirm it starts, an attempt to start it again fails and shutting it down succeeds.
"localhost" is the address of your local network services,127.0.0.1: "localhost:631" is the web address through which CUPS is controlled. In my system, "localhost" is defined in /etc/hosts.
What happens if you type
ping localhost
in a terminal? You should get repeated lines of output: break in with ctrl+C. If no output, try
ping 127.0.0.1
If the second works and not the first, then you do not have the definition.
"localhost" is the address of your local network services,127.0.0.1: "localhost:631" is the web address through which CUPS is controlled. In my system, "localhost" is defined in /etc/hosts.
What happens if you type
ping localhost
in a terminal? You should get repeated lines of output: break in with ctrl+C. If no output, try
ping 127.0.0.1
If the second works and not the first, then you do not have the definition.
It's in /etc/hosts. Pinging localhost directs to 127.0.0.1.
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