On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Cochran Robert L (NO) wrote: > When I configure CUPS printing from http://localhost:631/admin , I'm able to > get a beautiful test page to print on my Laserjet. To access the web page, > by the way, I have do so as root and give the root password. > > When I try to submit a job to print via CUPS to this printer as an ordinary > user, I'm given errors on printer 'Laserjet@localhost'. Specifically that > localhost doesn't exist as a file or a directory. I also get a stream of > messages to the effect that I should make sure that this user has permission > to access localhost. > > This also occurs when I use the rawhide versions of > redhat-config-printer/redhat-config-printer-gui which are updated to allow > CUPS IPP printing. I get a nice error dialog box with the same messages. > > The machine is a laptop hooked into my LAN. > > /etc/hosts on this machine does list localhost.localdomain as 127.0.0.1 with > the alias localhost. > > The nameserver has entries pointing to the printer's IP address. i'm confused. most of your posting implies that you're talking about a local printer (parallel port maybe?), but your last sentence refers to the printer's IP address, suggesting a network printer. what's going on here? rday -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
