On Friday 01 December 2006 23:36, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > I can access the printers internal web server from the debian box so
> > there nothing wrong from the network point of view. I have looked through
> > the various log files but can not see anything that suggest where the
> > printing problem lies
>
> Well, there are separate configuration stanzas in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
> for ability to print and access to the admin interface. For example, I
> have the following which allows any host on the LAN to print to the
> print server:
>
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.0.*
> </Location>
>
> and the following which does the same for the admin interface.
>
> <Location /admin>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthClass System
>
> ## Restrict access to local domain
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> Allow From 192.168.0.*
> </Location>
>
> Without specifying the subnet in both sections, the settings in the
> /admin part override the settings in the the / part. Equally, changing
> the permissions on the /admin section won't allow printing from the LAN.
>
> HTH,
>
> Tony
I will have a look later tonight and compare it to the mepis conf file as well
to see if there is any differences. Unfortunately the printer is a bit large
to drag to the bab today.
Tim
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