[plug] CUPS Log in

[garry]

l anderson wrote:

>Hi,
>Finally got round to setting up my printer on a Debian system after having had to do
>a fresh  system installation some months ago
>
>Have been trying to log on to CUPS to set up the printer.
>CUPS asks for a username & password thats is fine but no matter what 
>I type in the result is always the same  NO ACCESS ALLOWED.
>
>The last time I accessed CUPS  was about 3 years ago
>I think there was a default access but have forgotten, could someone refresh
>my memory please.
>
>Many thanks.
>
>Laurie
>
>
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In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf there is a section which contains:

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 192.168.0.*

</Location>

I *think* I had to modify mine to this so it would work...

Have a look - you might find the difference in the default that needs 
changing...

Garry