Tim Lyth <tim@timlyth.com> writes:
I'm trying to set up CUPS on a Debian Sid system. I have the latest CUPS available via apt-get (1.7.1-6).
You should not run sid if you have to ask these questions.[0] As others noted, cupsd probably binds only to lo by default. I looked for a README.Debian; there wasn't one. IIRC cupsd.conf is copiously documented, however. I have these settings, they match Robert's suggestion. /etc/cups# grep ^ cupsd.conf cups-files.conf cupsd.conf:# Hey, Emacs! This is like an -*- apache -*- config file. cupsd.conf:# Ref. /usr/share/doc/cups/online-docs/help/ref-cupsd-conf.html cupsd.conf:Port 631 cupsd.conf:ServerAlias * # Workaround http://bugs.debian.org/530027 cupsd.conf:Browsing Off # Don't probe for OTHER cupsds cupsd.conf:#LogLevel info # Uncomment while debugging. cupsd.conf: cupsd.conf:# Access Control: everyone can print, nobody can administer. cupsd.conf:# Administration is done by editing config files and restarting cupsd. cupsd.conf:# Locking out the internet et al is done by alpha's firewall. cupsd.conf:# NOTE: unlike apache, you can't say <Location path1 path2 ... pathn>. cupsd.conf:<Location /> cupsd.conf: Allow From All cupsd.conf:</Location> cupsd.conf:<Location /admin> cupsd.conf: Deny From All cupsd.conf:</Location> cups-files.conf:ErrorLog syslog # Use syslog for all logging cups-files.conf:AccessLog syslog cups-files.conf:PageLog syslog cups-files.conf:SystemGroup lpadmin [0] From the IRC bot. Apologies for the length; I haven't time to make it shorter. dpkg> Unstable is the status of a Debian release when packages can be dpkg> added at any time, that can disrupt the integrity of the whole dpkg> system! If you have to ask whether you should use it or how, you dpkg> shouldn't. http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable/ dpkg> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable . dpkg> http://deb.li/sidfaq ; it doesn't hurt to read the FAQ, even if dpkg> you are using <testing>. See also dpkg> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2009/08/msg00041.html and dpkg> <sid upgrade test>. dpkg> If you can't work out how to upgrade your machine to testing (or dpkg> unstable), then this is probably a good indication that you (a) dpkg> don't know enough about Debian to be able to solve the inevitable dpkg> problems you will face and (b) you don't know how to use google or dpkg> documentation to answer really easy questions. If either of these dpkg> apply, you shouldn't be using unstable (or even testing) and we're dpkg> not going to help you do so. dpkg> Testing is a continuously updated release between <stable> and dpkg> <unstable>, currently codenamed <jessie>. See dpkg> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting and [...]. You should have a dpkg> sound knowledge of Debian packaging and be prepared for a bumpy dpkg> ride at times. Don't use it on things that are critical or on dpkg> servers. dpkg> testing faq is probably an _unofficial_ FAQ for the <testing> dpkg> branch of Debian: http://www.linuxmafia.com/debian/testingfaq.html dpkg> Jessie is unlikely to receive full security support for some time dpkg> -- don't run Jessie on things where good security support and dpkg> stability are important. dpkg> Sure, testing might be shinier than stable, but are you prepared dpkg> to be continually updating your system? Things that worked today dpkg> will break tomorrow. Configuration file formats will change and dpkg> you'll have to fold your changes in yet again. Testing is a dpkg> moving target and if you'd rather work *with* your computer than dpkg> working *on* your computer, you might not want that. dpkg> debian-devel-announce is an announcement list to which major dpkg> Debian developments are posted. If you are running releases dpkg> beyond <stable>, then YOU are part of the development process; it dpkg> is your responsibility to read it (no excuses!) or risk missing dpkg> important announcements. dpkg> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/ dpkg> apt-listchanges is a tool that displays NEWS.Debian file contents dpkg> (default) and/or the changelogs of Debian packages before dpkg> upgrading them (dpkg-reconfigure apt-listchanges). It is dpkg> recommended for users of stable to install the apt-listchanges dpkg> package, to see what is happening to their systems as security dpkg> fixes are applied; it should be made _mandatory_ for users of dpkg> testing and unstable. dpkg> apt-listbugs (aptitude install apt-listbugs) is available since dpkg> Debian 3.1 "Sarge". When installed, it will fetch the list of dpkg> critical <BTS> bugs that pertain to any packages being installed. dpkg> It also allows you to <pin> a version to prevent upgrades to any dpkg> packages you discover to be too risky.