Mark Post wrote: > That probably wasn't a good idea. If you don't want to send root's password > over the network, then uncomment this in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf > SystemGroup sys > > Then add a user, say cupsadmin, with sys as their primary group. > I also have another suggestion once you restore those lines to the config file:
Tunnel the web interface over ssh. On your local machine: ssh -L XXXX:localhost:631 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where XXXX is port number over 1024. Now, to connect to the web administrative interface, point your browser to: http://127.0.0.1:XXXX Again, substitute your decided port number. What this does is tunnel your web traffic to the remote cups server over ssh... so it's encrypted (good idea) and so CUPS sees it as coming from it's own localhost, thus letting you in. AND you don't have to change any configuration files from the default for this to work. *Darb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
