[plug] CUPS remote administration

[Quintin Lette]

On Mon, 19 May 2003 12:09 pm, Tim Bowden wrote:
> HI all,
>
> I am trying to set up a cups printer on a remote server.  How do I
> change the setup to allow admin requests from any address on the lan and
> not just localhost?  I have tried playing around with the 'listen'
> config variable in cupsd.conf but I constantly get an error in the cups
> error log file: StartListening: Unable to bind socket - Cannot assign
> requested address.  Am I on the wrong track entirely?  What should I be
> changing?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim Bowd

modify the cupsd.conf file (which by the way in my Debian system is quite well 
documented)
I can't vouch for how secure it is, and I am no expert on cups but I can vouch 
that it works.
mine has under Browsing options:

Browsing ON
BrowseAddress @LOCAL (which allows anything connected to a local link ie eth0)
BrowseAllow @LOCAL
BrowseOrder deny,allow

and under security options:

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From @LOCAL
</Location>

<Location /admin>

AuthType Basic
AuthClass System

Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From @LOCAL

</Location>

HTH

Quintin