/etc/cups/cupsd.conf (I thought whereis would have found it, I am wrong)
# Show general information in error_log.
LogLevel warn
MaxLogSize 0
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
Browsing On
BrowseLocalProtocols dnssd
DefaultAuthType Basic
WebInterface Yes
<Location />
Order allow,deny
</Location>
<Location /admin>
Order allow,deny
</Location>
<Location /admin/conf>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order allow,deny
</Location>
<Policy default>
JobPrivateAccess default
JobPrivateValues default
SubscriptionPrivateAccess default
SubscriptionPrivateValues default
<Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job>
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job
Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription
Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job
Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Cancel-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job
CUPS-Get-Document>
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer
CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default CUPS-Get-Devices>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer
Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs
Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer
Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After Cancel-Jobs
CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit All>
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
</Policy>
<Policy authenticated>
JobPrivateAccess default
JobPrivateValues default
SubscriptionPrivateAccess default
SubscriptionPrivateValues default
<Limit Create-Job Print-Job Print-URI Validate-Job>
AuthType Default
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job
Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription
Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job
Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job Cancel-My-Jobs Close-Job CUPS-Move-Job
CUPS-Get-Document>
AuthType Default
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer
CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer
Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs
Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer
Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After Cancel-Jobs
CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
AuthType Default
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
<Limit All>
Order deny,allow
</Limit>
</Policy>
JobPrivateAccess default
JobPrivateValues default
SubscriptionPrivateAccess default
SubscriptionPrivateValues default
PreserveJobHistory No
Roba:
> Let us see.
> I HAVE explained I have done nothing to alter what existed from "stock"
> in Jessie (when cups) did work from the browser, right?
> Now it does not and I HAVE DONE NOTHING other than upgrading from stable
> to testing. And cups does not work. Now how would your question
> address this issue?
>
> You want to see output published here on the list but your email does
> not really exist, so you read the list from elsewhere. That makes me
> wonder with who or what am I talking to.
>
> $ whereis cupsd.conf
> cupsd: /usr/sbin/cupsd /usr/share/man/man8/cupsd.8.gz
>
> $ ls -al /usr/sbin/cup*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 174416 Jan 19 15:44 /usr/sbin/cups-browsed
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 27980 Feb 16 2016 /usr/sbin/cups-genppdupdate
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10232 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsaccept
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10232 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsaddsmb
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10232 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsctl
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 416328 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsd
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsdisable ->
> cupsaccept
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsenable ->
> cupsaccept
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 26920 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsfilter
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 15:06 /usr/sbin/cupsreject ->
> cupsaccept
>
> Anything else I can help you with?
> Because it doesn't seem any more that I am seeking help from someone who
> wants to help but from someone who wants to interrogate and arrogantly
> wants to make anybody seem inferior. If that really matters to you, I
> do not know and I do not wish to compete with any experts for the
> position of the expert. It is not even that extreme for me to make the
> damn printer work.
>
> BUT
>
> If CUPS worked and one does nothing to affect it (consciously at least
> because I'd rather do work than be fiddling with debian bugs) and after
> some upgrade/update it doesn't I suspect it is a bug on behalf of the
> system and not MY PROBLEM. Because if I had left the damn thing alone
> unupdated in its old stable state I wouldn't be here asking questions.
>
> I suspect this is not what DEBIAN as a community want or expect.
>
> Now if we can address the issue and not the bearer of the symptom we can
> become constructive again.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Brian:
>> On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 23:58:15 +0000, Brian wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 23:21:00 +0000, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>>> When cupsd starts (as yours has done) it listens for incoming connections
>>>> on port 631 for tcp and tcp6. Print jobs are sent to port 631. A browser
>>>> connects to tcp port 631. Your netstat output shows no listening on tcp
>>>> port 631. No wonder http://localhost:631 will not work.
>>>>
>>>> Reason? No idea, but that is problem. It could lie with your cupsd.conf
>>>> in /etc/cups. Or something you have done with the networking setup.
>>>
>>> The default cupsd.conf has the line
>>>
>>> Listen localhost:631
>>>
>>> Does yours?
>>
>> A simple enough question. Well?
>>
>
>
