I would guess that you would have to tell iptables only to accept requests from port 553 from internal addresses. Least I think the printer sits at 553... you can check by typing:
ps -aux | grep lpd I'm no expert though.... Shane Emin Kondapalli wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to setup a printer on the machine that is my firewall (to > Shaw) too. This machine is running iptables and I am trying to install a > printer so that I can share/access from another linux box. > > Is this a feasible setup? i.e. having firewall and networked printer on > the same machine. Because, host name of this machine is set when I > connect to cable modem. Basically, the host name looks something like > this -- hxx-xxx-xx-xx. Where xx are the digits from the IP address > obtained thru DHCP from Shaw. > > Once I succeed, I intend to have Samba. What are the potential problems > (when Samba is installed)? > > All help is appreciated.
