On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 10:47:24PM +0100, r...@openmailbox.org wrote: > I used to try and set up a printer through localhost:631 in Jessie but now > in stretch it is impossible. I foung some link about /etc/hosts.allow and > deny and tried a few things but still no luck. Maybe I am not using the > correct statement and tried localhost and 127.0.0.1 but still no luck. > And this is for trying to plug a ppd that was hacked from an other Ricoh > printer to fit an SP112 SP112-su > I figured what did not work for jessie may work for stretch > I had gotten the same printer to work on an other machine with jessie > somewhere around 8.5 but not on this one. > > Any suggestions on how to reach the blocked :631 link? >
Potentially stupid question -- are you sure the URL is blocked and it's not simply that CUPS is not running? $ ps -ef | grep cups on my system I get: root 907 1 0 Jan15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cups-browsed root 31985 1 0 07:35 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cupsd -f That is the first possibility to eliminate. Mark
