[plug] CUPS remote administration

[Tim Bowden]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 12:10, James Devenish wrote:
> In message <1053317379.1070.22.camel at desktop2.rmsurveys.com.au>
> on Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:09:38PM +0800, Tim Bowden wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> Have a look at the cupsd.conf section entitled "Security Options".

Thanks, Found what I need.  Just experimenting with it now.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Sounds like the problem is that it is unable to bind to a socket -- it
> cannot assign the requested address ;-)
> 
Methinks perhaps I misunderstood this one, particularly as I don't
really know anything about sockets. After all, I an an engineering
surveyor and not from a cs background.  Anyone able to give a five line
summary of the what & how of sockets?

Thanks,
Tim Bowden