[cups.general] strange !! cups printer working but lpstat -h shows [cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided]

[Michael Sweet]

Could be firewall or cupsd settings - the default is to not allow  
connections from the outside.

Perhaps you can provide your cupsd.conf file?

On Nov 11, 2009, at 11:51 PM, J. Bakshi wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> My box is debian lenny; cups version  1.3.8-1+lenny6
>
> I have configured cups server with command line only; no use of
> localhost:631.  The printer is running fine. I have assigned port as
> 49631. I have provided the http interface hence the window clients  
> need
> to access http://192.168.1.1:49631/printers/pixma from their
> add_on_printer wizard. No problem, printing is OK.
>
> But I have found a strange problem with lpstat. Here are some output
> with lpstat
>
> ````
> debian:~# lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: pixma
> device for pixma: usb://Canon/iP3000
> pixma accepting requests since Fri 16 Oct 2009 05:01:16 PM IST
> printer pixma is idle.  enabled since Fri 16 Oct 2009 05:01:16 PM IST
> debian:~#
> debian:~# lpstat -d
> system default destination: pixma
> debian:~#
> debian:~#
> debian:~# lpstat -s
> system default destination: pixma
> device for pixma: usb://Canon/iP3000
> debian:~#
> debian:~#
> debian:~# lpstat -v
> device for pixma: usb://Canon/iP3000
> debian:~#
> debian:~# lpstat -l
> debian:~#
> ``````
>
> But the error comes with -h
>
> `````
> debian:~# lpstat -h 192.168.1.1:49631
> lpstat: Forbidden
> ````````````
>
> The port is ok
>
> ````
> debian:~# nc -vv -z 192.168.1.1 49631
> 192.168.1.1: inverse host lookup failed: Unknown host
> (UNKNOWN) [192.168.1.1] 49631 (?) open
> ````````````
>
> The log reports
>
> ```````````````
> D [12/Nov/2009:01:32:34 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data
> provided.
> D [12/Nov/2009:01:32:34 -0500] cupsdSendError: 8 code=403 (Forbidden)
> `````````````````
>
> It really strange !! Could any one kindly enlighten me why the -h  
> fails
> with *Forbidden* ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer