On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 20:33:25 +0000 (UTC), I wrote: > I have a Wheezy host, an XP virtualbox client, and an old LaserJet 5MP > configured with CUPS and connected by a parallel port. How can I access this > printer from the XP client?
Here finally is the minimal solution that worked. Based on the suggestions from Liam O'Toole and tv.deb...@googlemail.com, I added this to cupsd.conf: <Location /> Order Deny,Allow Deny From All Allow From 127.0.0.1 Allow From localhost Allow From @LOCAL </Location> I also added this: Listen drx:631 where drx maps to 192.168.1.2 (the host) in /etc/hosts. In the XP client, I defined a printer at this URL: http://192.168.1.2:631/printers/LaserJet_5MP That's it. It works now. I have some other notes. On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:05:29 +0000 (UTC), Liam O'Toole had suggested: > To work around the problem above, tell CUPS to listen on the external > network interface as well: > > Listen *:631 Putting this line literally into cupsd.conf gave these errors in the log: E [03/Apr/2011:08:58:03 -0400] Unable to bind socket for address 0.0.0.0:631 - Address already in use. E [03/Apr/2011:08:58:03 -0400] Unable to bind socket for address :::631 - Address already in use. I also tried Listen 192.168.1.*:631 which gave E [03/Apr/2011:08:59:49 -0400] Hostname lookup for "192.168.1.*" failed! E [03/Apr/2011:08:59:49 -0400] Bad Listen address 192.168.1.*:631 at line 21. but either of these worked: Listen 192.168.1.2:631 Listen drx:631 I chose the second because I will only need to change hosts, and not cupsd.conf, on occasions when the router goes out and the host (drx) ends up with a new IP address. I guess I'll still have to redefine the client printer's URL. One oddity is that the XP client did nothing (appearing to hang) for 2-3 min after I entered the printer URL. But then it came to life, and there is no delay when printing. Thanks much to both of you for your time and expertise. I would not have figured this all out on my own. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20110403t151754...@post.gmane.org
