CUPS "Unable to get printer status (Forbidden)!"

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Fri Oct 24 11:12:06 UTC 2008


Richard England wrote:

> Timothy Murphy wrote:

>> I'm trying to use a printer attached to a USB port
>> on a remote machine, but I get the above message.
>> I can access the computer in question with
>> --------------------------------
>> [tim at alice ~]$ telnet 192.168.2.2 631
>> Trying 192.168.2.2...
>> Connected to 192.168.2.2.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> --------------------------------

> cups (IPP) works through port 631 tcp (and udp ?).   Make certain they
> are not locked down.

Doesn't the telnet response above show it is not "locked down"?

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