Cannot access Set-Printer-Options in 1.2.2

Rob Mason rob at cissp.org.uk
Thu Sep 7 08:00:11 PDT 2006


> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've recently upgraded from cups 1.1.x to 1.2.2. Everything is working fine, except I'm unable to access any of my printers config settings through the web admin screen (Set Printer Options).  Using debug to track the session gives the error_log below.  Howevere the _significant line appears to be "D [04/Sep/2006:12:16:48 +0100] [CGI] No PPD file!?!"
> > >
> >
> > It is very likely that your cupsd.conf file is not configured correctly.
> >
> > I'm almost certain your problem is with <Location /admin>. Check to make
> > sure this is setup correctly. You should be able to duplicate your 1.1
> > configuration with minimum changes.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Angel
> >
> >
>
> Look sfine to me - even tried removing restrictions, but doesn't help...
>
> # Restrict access to the admin pages...
> <Location /admin>
>   Encryption Required
>   Require user @SYSTEM
>   Order allow,deny
>   Allow all
> </Location>

*** SOLVED ***

My 'Listen' directive in cupsd.conf specificed the host IP address.  Unfortunately, 'Set-Printer-Options' must require port 631 via the localhost address.  I changed:

Listen 192.168.200.2:631

 to

Listen *:631

All working again...

R







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