[TriLUG] CUPS web admin

[Michael Thompson]

Byarlay, Wayne A. wrote:
|>Is cups running?
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| Yes; it's functioning properly with about 20 other printers except this
| one.
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|>Have you tried http://localhost:631/admin
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| Yes. The result in IE is, "The Page cannot be displayed".

http://localhost:631/ from your windows machine *is* the windows
machine, 'localhost' refers to your local machine (127.0.0.1)

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|>Are you allowing all ports to localhost with your firewall?
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| Actually i'm attempting to access from an XP comp, and the firewall is
| open to 631 & 80, and appropriate ports. So my boss assures me. :)

You need to get access to a browser on the CUPS server itself to get
access to localhost...

hth..

--mike