https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468426
User jsmeix@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468426#c8
--- Comment #8 from Johannes Meixner 2009-02-17 06:17:41 MST ---
In yast2-printer version 2.18.5 (i.e. for openSUSE 11.2)
I removed the firewall settings which I added in version 2.17.29
because it is not possible to implement it so that it works
correct and future-proof because it has become unpredictable
for me (see comment #6).
Additionally a generic solution can also not be implemented
because it is not possible to test on the local host
if remote access via port 631 TCP/UDP would be allowed
(there is no replacement for "ipchains --check").
Finally any kind of firewall check would not make much sense
because the user could first set up printing with firewall
settings which allow printing so that the check would have
a positive result but later he may change the firewall
so that printing does no longer work.
Therefore in the end all I could do was to add at least
generic static notification texts regarding firewall
directly in the dialogs and I added also explanatory
help texts regarding firewall so that the users are
at least informed what to do manually regarding firewall.
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