[cups.general] Cannot access CUPS remotely

[Michael Sweet]

Timothy,

You need to add an "Allow all" or "Allow @LOCAL" to the location definition below.  However, the errors you are seeing indicate that cupsd is not, in fact, listening on all addresses...


On 2012-12-23, at 7:36 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:

> 
> I cannot access port 631 on my CentOS-6.3 server remotely:
> --------------------------
> [tim at rose ~]$ telnet www.?.com 631
> Trying ?.?.?.228...
> telnet: connect to address ?.?.?.228: Connection refused
> --------------------------
> 
> I'm running shorewall on the server, but when I turn it off
> (with "sudo shorewall clear") I get the same result.
> 
> I can access the printer locally without difficulty.
> I have "Listen *:631" in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf ,
> and also
> --------------------------
> # Restrict access to the server...
> <Location />
>  Order allow,deny
> </Location>
> --------------------------
> 
> Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
> 
> 
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair