[cups.general] Q. Is https required for remote administration?

[Michael Sweet]

wtautz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it true that Remote administration (via web interface) requires 
> https?

Only if CUPS is compiled with SSL support.

> Seems to be the case. I'm using Ubuntu/Dapper and those folks have no
> ssl linked into cupsd binary so I suspect this breaks remote
> administration?

No, if they didn't compile with SSL support, then you should never
get a 426 (upgrade required) error.

> I get the Upgrade 426 message  and it tells me I have to connect to 
> https:443. It's interesting to note that this occurs even if I put in
> Port 443 in the cupsd.conf file and cupsd is listening to 443.

What does "ldd /usr/sbin/cupsd" show?

Also, are you using "https://servername" or "http://servername:443"
to access the web interface?

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