[K12OSN] remote CUPS administration

Joe Guenther jguenther at chinooksedge.ab.ca
Tue May 30 21:37:08 UTC 2006


I have a library printer that for some unknown reason will have print jobs
that get stuck in the queue.  I notice it when they call me on my cell
phone  ... it won't print in the library, or I look and find print jobs
accumulating for the past 2 days.

SO how can I make it possible for the librarian to access the LTSP
server's CUPS web interface from her XP workstation?

1) with the current cupsd.conf I can access the site:631, but get a 403
forbidden ... you don't have permission to accesss the resource on the
server.  At this point I have googled around and have not found the
solution. Has anyone here overcome the same issue and be willing to offer
some advice to get me going in the right direction?

2) login should be something other than root.  I suspect I need to put a
user login on the system that is then part of the sys group.

= = = = cupsd.conf = = = =

AuthType Basic
AuthClass System

## Restrict access to local domain
#Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from ALL
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 10.10.0.0/16

#Encryption Required
</Location>

#
# End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in,v 1.16 2004/08/18 17:53:47 mike Exp $".
#
# Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT
<Location /printers/LAB1-PS>
Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
Allow from ALL
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
AuthType None
</Location>
<Location /printers/Library>
Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
Allow from ALL
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
AuthType None
</Location>
<Location /printers/OfficeHP8000>
Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
Allow from ALL
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
AuthType None
</Location>
<Location /printers/LAB2-PS>
Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
Allow from ALL
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 10.10.0.0/16
AuthType None
</Location>
Browsing On
BrowseProtocols cups
BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
BrowseAllow from 10.10.*.*
BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
Listen 127.0.0.1:631
Listen 10.10.100.3:631


thanks
Joe Guenther

= = = = = = = = = = = = =
Lantech - Didsbury
Chinook's Edge School Div.




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