cups - 403 forbidden

Roger Grosswiler roger at gwch.net
Tue Jun 5 09:39:58 UTC 2007


> Now this is interesting...
>
> I have two printers on my network, one connected to this computer (jeff) and one
> connected to the next-one-over (mutt).  I have, until now, had the default
> printer on jeff set to the printer on mutt.
>
> I was experimenting earlier tonight and set the default printer on jeff to be
> Cups-PDF.  Now I want to change the default back to the printer on mutt.
>
>>From the http://localhost:631/printers/ page, when I click on "Set Printer
> Options" or "Set as Default", I get a 403 Forbidden page.  Clicking on "Print
> test page" works and prints the test page, so I assume the printer is otherwise
> working.
>
> What happened here?  Why can't I set my default printer back to what it was?
>
> --
> MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
>
>
>


Look here...

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/8618/print

go into /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

Change :

<Location />                   # this location is the main screen
Order Deny, Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1           # allow configuration from local host
Allow From 192.168.1.*         # allow configuration from any machine
                               # on the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet -> enter your subnet here!!!
Allow From mybox.mydomain      # this is my desktop on another segment
</Location>


HTH
Roger




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