On Sat 04 Feb 2017 at 18:44:04 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 04 February 2017 18:04:00 Roba wrote: > > > Brian: > > > On Sat 04 Feb 2017 at 14:55:18 +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > >> Indulge us, and add a line to your cupsd.conf as follows: > > >> > > >> Listen localhost:631 > > >> > > >> and restart CUPS and see what happens. > > > > > > It would solve his problem. > > > > > > There is nothing in the postinst script for cups which would replace > > > a "Listen localhost:631" line. Easily tested with > > > > > > apt-get --reinstall install cups > > > > Are you repeatedly denying what I have repeatedly said or is it that > > you just don't know and can't guess? For the rest of the people > > following the thread I can assure you that neither I or has there been > > anybody "physically" that has touched this pc and omitted this line. > > I have no idea whether the update from jessie to stretch would replace > > this file, I assume it is not the same as the packages are different > > so the conf I suspect it might be different, I don't know. That would > > put this change within the past 2-3 weeks. > > > > Unless I read specific instructions form a reliable source to edit a > > conf. file I don't go about messing with them, I know that much. > > Do you want it fixed, or do you just want to whine about it? I don't know > why the paranoia over security has caused that to be removed some years > ago, but those of us with well isolated home networks have been putting > that line back in our /etc/cups/cupsd.conf for years. If you refuse to > do it, take your whine on down the hall where there might be some cheese > and maybe some pickles to go with it.
A problem was stated and diagnosed and a solution offered. Up to now, the OP hasn't even had the grace to say what the solution did for him. -- Brian.
