Shortcut to que_name at loopback

[Michael Sweet]

angelb wrote:
>> angelb wrote:
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> I've recently installed CUPS 1.2.1 in AIX and started testing the web
>>> interface. One thing I noticed was the Shortcut for printers and their
>>> objects.
>> Shortcut?
>>
>>> For example, if I move the mouse pointer to a printer queue_name, it
>>> shows the shorcut name as such:  "Shortcut to que_name at loopback".
>>> And when I click on that printer queue name, the web address hostname
>>> changes from a hostname to a "loopback" and it would fail.
>>>
>>> ie: when viewing the printers, the web address field would look like
>>> the following:
>>>
>>> http://hostname:631/printers
>>>
>>> when I click on a queue name, the web address field will change to the
>>> following and fails(The page cannot be displayed):
>>>
>>> http://10.10.1.1:631/printers/hp_lj
>>>
>>> This is the same for all of the objects in Printers from the web
>>> interface.
>>>
>>> However, the other functions like Administration, Classes, Jobs, etc, are okay. That is, they don't change: ie, Administration is "Shortcut
>>> to admin".
>>>
>>> Has anyone encountered the same problem and knows the fix?
>> What is ServerName set to in cupsd.conf?
>>
> 
> Sorry, my mistake on the original message. Instead of showing the IP
> address(10.10.1.1) as shown, it should be the word "loopback".
> 
> So from a:  http://dev101:631/printers
> 
> I'm redirected to the following when accessing a printer, hp_lj:
> 
> http://loopback:631/printers/hp_lj
> 
> ServerName is set to the actual hostname; ie: ServerName dev101
> 
> The shortcut I'm talking about is a status message that is shown
> at the bottom of my browser(IE).
> 
> Only when I access objects from the Printers tab that I get redirected
> to "loopback" and any other tabs like Adminstration or Jobs all works
> okay(stays in dev101, not loopback).

What's in your hosts file?

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