[opensuse] Setting up a networked printer with openSUSE 10.3
Hi, I want to setup a printer (Brother HL-2030) to be accessible to all the network. I've done this setup many times on Slackware, Debian and CentOS. Usually it's just a matter of adding a few lines to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf on the server side, and then create a two-liner /etc/cups/client.conf on the client side. But I'm new to SUSE and YaST: I tried to do that yesterday, and managed to get the printer to print on the "server" machine. But then, I don't know how to setup networking for that. Any suggestions? Niki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Jun 6 08:53 Niki Kovacs wrote (shortened):
I want to setup a printer (Brother HL-2030) to be accessible to all the network. I've done this setup many times on Slackware, Debian and CentOS. Usually it's just a matter of adding a few lines to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf on the server side, and then create a two-liner /etc/cups/client.conf on the client side.
Just do the same for openSUSE. We have no special CUPS (cupsd runs with upstream defaults). Perhaps a SuSEfirewall2 prevents access? Or you missed that default cupsd since CUPS 1.2 listens only on internal ("localhost") network interface? For background information have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Niki Kovacs wrote:
Hi,
I want to setup a printer (Brother HL-2030) to be accessible to all the network. I've done this setup many times on Slackware, Debian and CentOS. Usually it's just a matter of adding a few lines to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf on the server side, and then create a two-liner /etc/cups/client.conf on the client side.
But I'm new to SUSE and YaST: I tried to do that yesterday, and managed to get the printer to print on the "server" machine. But then, I don't know how to setup networking for that.
Any suggestions?
Niki
Niki, While you can manage cups from the command line, the primary interface for managing cups is the cups web interface. There are two things you need to do first. (1) Add a cups admin account/password combination with: lppasswd -a 'user_to_be_cups_admin' Enter Password: ******* Confirm Password: ******* (2) Cups configuration takes place under the 'sys' group in opensuse. So make sure and add 'user_to_be_cups_admin' to the sys group in /etc/passwd. Either edit /etc/passwd by hand as root or use Yast to do it. You should then be able to manage cups, add printers, etc from: http://localhost:631 If you have problems after that, it is time to look at the web server to make sure it is up and running... -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Jun 6 07:59 David C. Rankin wrote (shortened):
... you need to do first.
(1) Add a cups admin account/password combination with: lppasswd -a 'user_to_be_cups_admin'
The mail subject reads "openSUSE 10.3". See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell ------------------------------------------------------------ Up to SUSE LINUX 10.1 we provided CUPS 1.1 and since openSUSE 10.2 we provide CUPS 1.2 which is not fully backward compatible with CUPS 1.1. Therefore in case of an update it is recommended not to use an outdated cupsd.conf from a CUPS 1.1 installation before but to start from scratch with the original cupsd.conf from our CUPS 1.2 RPM. For example RunAsUser is no longer supported so that since openSUSE 10.2 / CUPS 1.2 the cupsd runs as root and therefore we are back to its default "basic authentication" via system users and system passwords (in /etc/shadow). Therefore the Support Database article "Printer Configuration from SUSE LINUX 9.0 on" is partially outdated since openSUSE 10.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Johannes Meixner wrote:
Hello,
On Jun 6 07:59 David C. Rankin wrote (shortened):
... you need to do first.
(1) Add a cups admin account/password combination with: lppasswd -a 'user_to_be_cups_admin'
The mail subject reads "openSUSE 10.3". See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell
For example RunAsUser is no longer supported so that since openSUSE 10.2 / CUPS 1.2 the cupsd runs as root and
Kind Regards Johannes Meixner
See: No. (2) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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