Issues configuring CUPS print server for Ubuntu Server 9.10

Question

I have a 9.10 Ubuntu Server installed and I want to make it a print server and am trying to get access to the cups browser admin page from a windows client machine. I installed cups:

sudo apt-get install cups

then I edited the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file and tried several different listen cominbations:

Listen 192.168.1.109:631 #ip my router gives it3
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock #already in conf file
Listen fileserver:631 #hostname of server
Port 631 #listen for all incoming requests on 631?

samba is also installed (which I think is necessary to share the printer out?

and finally I added my user to the lpadmin group:

sudo adduser tone lpadmin

but when I try to navigate any of the following I get 403 forbidden

http://fileserver:631/admin
http://fileserver:631
http://192.168.1.109:631/admin
http://192.168.1.109:631

What did I miss?

Answer 1

You might find the answer in the logs

sudo tail -f /var/log/cups/{access,error}_log

Answer 2

Try

Listen *:631

Answer 3

I'm pretty sure CUPS allows Admin / web access from localhost only by default. If you're not on the same computer as CUPS, you may need to add
Allow from 192.168.1.1/24
to your cupsd.conf <Location> sections.

Answer 4

I found a sample on the internet somewhere - had to make some changes to my config file:

# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
#Listen localhost:631
Listen *:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock

# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow all
BrowseAddress @LOCAL

# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic

# Restrict access to the server...
<Location />
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
  Allow @LOCAL
</Location>

# Restrict access to the admin pages...
<Location /admin>
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @LOCAL
</Location>

# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf>
  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow @LOCAL
</Location>