Mick, Thanks for the great write up. I really appreciate it. On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <SNIP> > > Check first that you allow connections on port 631 at your dad's firewall from > your mom's IP/MAC address (nmap or nc your dad's address from your mom's > machine), e.g.: > > $ nc -vv -n -z 10.10.10.4 631 > (UNKNOWN) [10.10.10.4] 631 (ipp) open > sent 0, rcvd 0
I don't have nc and so far cannot find what package might contain it. Can you check that for me and I'll emerge but nmap seems to say port 631 on gandlaf (the server) is open: DesertFlower ~ # nmap gandalf Starting Nmap 4.60 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2008-06-15 11:10 PDT Interesting ports on Gandalf (192.168.1.2): Not shown: 1713 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 631/tcp open ipp MAC Address: 00:26:54:11:0F:BC (3Com) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.389 seconds DesertFlower ~ # > >> > What commands can I run from the command line to see whether a >> >printer is available? My parents are not terribly computer literate >> >(who is in their 80's) so I need to ensure this is really working >> >before I tell them to use it. > > $ lpstat -a > > will show you any printers that have been configured on your mom's machine. > Unfortunately this is where things die: DesertFlower ~ # whoami root DesertFlower ~ # lpstat -a lpstat: Forbidden DesertFlower ~ # so solving this issue will likely start to open other things up. I've managed to get CUPS configured on their print server and my mom's machine such that she can see the printer, but when I try to print a test page I get a 403 Forbidden page which I'm assuming for now is CUPS version of the lpstat -a error message. Can you tell me whether the lpstat:Forbidden is saying the remote machine (my mom's) cannot use lpstat at all or does this mean the print server (my dad's machine) isn't allowing connections? Thanks, Mark -- [email protected] mailing list
