[cups] Unable to remotely add printer on version 1.4.2

[Helge Blischke]

What sort of response do you get when trying to do admin tasks from remote?
What error messages are written to the error_log?

> Am 19.05.2015 um 18:50 schrieb David Rider <david at weldonparts.com>:
> 
> No luck, after making the changes I still cannot add a printer for the web interface on a remote machine.
> 
> On 5/19/2015 11:25 AM, Helge Blischke wrote:
>> Replace the „Allow All“ by „Allow @LOCAL“ to allow (administrative) access from all
>> local network interfaces.
>> 
>> Or, from the web interface on the local machine, check „allow remote administration“
>> in the administration tab.
>> 
>> Helge
>> 
>>> Am 19.05.2015 um 16:54 schrieb David Rider <david at weldonparts.com>:
>>> 
>>> I recently upgrade from RHEL 5 to RHEL6 and with that a new version of CUPS.  The previous version of CUPS I was using was 1.3.7 which I had no problem adding printers from remotely.  Here is my cupsd.conf file file.
>>> 
>>> # Show general information in error_log.
>>> LogLevel info
>>> PreserveJobFiles Yes
>>> # Allow remote access
>>> Port 631
>>> # Disable printer sharing and shared printers.
>>> Browsing Off
>>> <Location />
>>>  # Allow remote administration...
>>>  Order allow,deny
>>>  Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Location /jobs>
>>>  Allow All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Location /classes/name>
>>>  Allow All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Location /printers>
>>>  Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Location /printers/name>
>>>  Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Location /admin>
>>>  AuthType Basic
>>>  AuthClass System
>>>  # Allow remote administration...
>>>  Order allow,deny
>>>  Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>> # Allow remote access to the configuration files...
>>> <Location /admin/conf>
>>>  AuthType Basic
>>>  Require user @SYSTEM
>>>  Order allow,deny
>>>  Allow From All
>>> </Location>
>>> <Policy default>
>>>  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an adminstrator...
>>>  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job>
>>>    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
>>>    Order deny,allow
>>>  </Limit>
>>>  # All administration operations require an adminstrator to authenticate...
>>>  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Add-Device CUPS-Delete-Device>
>>>    AuthType Basic
>>>    Require user @SYSTEM
>>>    Order deny,allow
>>> </Limit>
>>>  <Limit All>
>>>  Order deny,allow
>>>  </Limit>
>>> </Policy>
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> David Rider
>>> IT Manager
>>> Weldon Parts Inc.
>>> (405) 254-4503
>>> 
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