[cups.general] Cannot print on a networked iMAC

[Michael R Sweet]

Burnie West wrote:
>> Helge Blischke wrote:
>>> ...
>>> That file /private/var/run/cupsd should contain the PID of the
>>> running cupsd (at least this is common on all Linuxes I know)
>>> and thuns not having zero size.
>> That's a Linux "extension" to CUPS that isn't supported or
>> recommended.  PID files have a long list of common problems, which
>> is why we don't use or support them in CUPS.
>>
>> That said, /private/var/run/cupsd *is* the correct domain socket
>> path on Mac OS X, which does not exactly follow the Linux FHS
>> directory structure.
>>
>> Everything looks OK, so my first guess would be firewall issues on
>> either the Mac or Linux system.
>>
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>> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> 
> Helge -- on iMac cupsdisable; sudo rm /private/var/run/cupsd; cupsenable produces {error} on http://localhost:631/printers->printers;
> rebooting iMac regenerates 0 size cupsd
> 
> Michael -- I'm unfamiliar with iMac. How do I temporarily disable its firewalls?

The firewall is controlled through the Security preference pane -
open System Preferences and click on Security.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer