severity 399911 wishlist thanks At Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:03:28 +0000, Phil Endecott wrote: > Package: cupsys > Version: 1.2.5-1 > Severity: normal > > There are two ways to enable remote administration: you can do it via > the web interface, or by editting cupsd.conf manually. In my case the > server on which CUPS is running is a Linksys NSLU2, which is not able to > run a conventional web browser. It is not unusual for print servers to > be stripped-down machines without X installed. I was eventually able to > access the web interface by installing lynx, but this was a rather > painful process. Not quite as painful as manual editting would have > been though... > > I therefore suggest that debconf would be the better way of selecting > whether CUPS is accessible from other machines. > > I'd also suggest that the options are extended from two to three: > - localhost only > - any address > - LAN IP range, e.g. 192.168.* (new)
Well, we had tried to implement it between 1.2.1-1 and 1.2.1-3. But finally I gave up to fix the hard bugs introduced by this function. I can explain more if you'd like to hear :) > An alternative would be to put a suitable cupsd.conf file in the > documentation examples directory. Or I can append the description to README.Debian if someone write good and helpful one :) Thanks, -- Kenshi Muto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
