unable to manage jobs

Kurt Pfeifle kurt.pfeifle at infotec.com
Thu Jun 14 10:59:35 PDT 2007


> I have a pretty simple cupsd.conf which requires no authentication.
> I can manage printers fine but when I attempt to cancel or hold a job,
> I get:
>
> client-error-forbidden
>
> The cups error_log shows this:
>
> E [14/Jun/2007:12:30:06 -0500] hold_job: "" not authorized to hold
> job id 530 owned by "u0v6js00"!
>
>
> I can send the entire cupsd.conf if it would be more helpful, but
> here are what I think are the applicable sections:
>
> <Location />
> Order Allow,Deny
> Allow From All
> </Location>
>
> <Location /jobs>
> #AuthType Basic
> #AuthClass User
> </Location>

Try this (if it is CUPS 1.1.x):

<Location /jobs>
  AuthType None
  Order Deny,Allow
  Deny From All
  Allow From localhost
</Location>








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