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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:59:32 -0600
From:      Doug Poland <djp@polands.org>
To:        Derrick Ryalls <ryallsd@datasphereweb.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: multiple probs with cups 1.1.18.0-4
Message-ID:  <20030203205932.GA984@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <002d01c2cbbf$8b95af30$0200a8c0@bartxp>
References:  <20030203184602.GA660@polands.org> <002d01c2cbbf$8b95af30$0200a8c0@bartxp>

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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:05:05PM -0800, Derrick Ryalls wrote:
> 
> > 1.  CUPS does not see my parallel ports.  
> > 
> 
> I had the same problem with the parallel port.  I had to reboot the
> machine with the printer plugged in and turned on for it to show up.
> 
I powered off the computer and printers, powered on two printers then
the computer and still lpinfo -v did not see my printers.


> > 
> > 2.  CUPS http interface "broke"
> > 
> 
> I did not have this problem, sorry.  I would suggest you double check
> which hosts you are allowing to connect.  There are 2(?) spots in the
> cupsd.conf file to check/change depending on if you are using it as a
> headless server (like me) or a desktop.  Wouldn't be a bad idea to limit
> it with hosts.allow too.
> 
You were right, I double-checked my cupsd.conf and found where I had to
allow connection to other hosts on the subnet.  Also fixed DocumentRoot and
now the web interface appears to function correctly.

> > 
> > 3.  Cannot add printers via CLI:
> > 
Somehow, after changing the cupsd.conf and re-starting cupsd, I can now
see my printers with lpinfo.  Here's the extent of my changes to my cupsd.conf:

rcsdiff -r1.2 -r1.1 cupsd.conf
===================================================================
RCS file: RCS/cupsd.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -r1.2 -r1.1
2c2
< # "$Id: cupsd.conf,v 1.2 2003/02/03 20:54:33 doug Exp $"
---
> # "$Id: cupsd.conf,v 1.1 2003/01/24 15:14:34 doug Exp $"
49c49
< ServerName printsrv.mydomain.org
---
> #ServerName myhost.domain.com
56c56
< ServerAdmin root@mydomain.org
---
> #ServerAdmin root@your.domain.com
124c124
< DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/doc/cups
---
> #DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/doc/cups
475c475
< BrowseAddress @LOCAL
---
> #BrowseAddress @LOCAL
710,711d709
< Allow From 172.16.1.0/24
< Allow From 192.168.1.0/25
780,781d777
< Allow From 172.16.1.0/24
< Allow From 192.168.1.0/25
787c783
< # End of "$Id: cupsd.conf,v 1.2 2003/02/03 20:54:33 doug Exp $".
---
> # End of "$Id: cupsd.conf,v 1.1 2003/01/24 15:14:34 doug Exp $".

Thanks for your help!  

-- 
Regards,
Doug

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