can't remote access to port 631?

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> hi helge
> 
> my httpd is running and i also added allow from 192.168.100.17 (laptop)
> but still can't access
> 
> i did a telnet localhost 631 on my CUPS server and was able to connect.
> but whe i did a telnet 192.168.100.3 631 (serverIP) connection refused?
> i duno y?
> 
> > On Wednesday 11 January 2006 08:18, Helge Blischke wrote:
> > >You need to add Allow from your_laptop_address_or_name
> > >
> > I didn't catch if he was running httpd or not, but he'll need that too.
> >
> > >Helge
> > >

You probably have a tcpd daemon running (or some other similar tool). In that case,
you have to allow connections from outside for special services and ports.
See your tcpd.conf and the man page.

Helge

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