CUPS 1.2b2 - 426 Upgrade Required

[Michael Sweet]

Anonymous wrote:
>> angelb at bugarin.us wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I've just recently downloaded and installed CUPS 1.2b2 on a RHEL 4
>>> system.
>>>
>>> After setting up basic configuration, no printers yet, I tried to
>>> access some of the administration functions through the web interface
>>> but having some difficulty.
>>>
>>> When trying to access Jobs or Administration, I get the following
>>> message:
>>>
>>> 426 Upgrade Required
>>> You must use a https: URL to access this page.
>> Use https://localhost:631 to access the admin pages...
>>
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> 
> I had successfully installed and configured CUPS 1.2svn,r5127(still
> with bugs but t'was expected) on an AIX system and am able to get to
> the admin pages with the Location directives I specified without using
> HTTPS.
> 
> Is https required to access admin pages from 1.2b2 and on?

It is by default when SSL support is available.  Standard access
doesn't require encryption, but any authenticated access does...

You can use:

     DefaultEncryption IfRequested

on your RHEL4 system to not require encryption for authenticated
requests.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com