On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 11:50 -0500, Roger Wells wrote: > JohnS wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 11:20 -0500, b.j. mcclure wrote: > > > >> I have been trying to set up printer sharing on the LAN.All machines are > >> CentOS 5.2 fully updated. The problem server is a fresh build. The box > >> it is replacing worked fine for many months. > >> The problem appears to be a closed port 631 on the new box. iptables > >> and ip6tables are stopped as shown by the output below. To confirm I > >> was using nmap correctly I ran it against the old server first which > >> shows 631 open. No matter what I do to the new box (192.168.2.205) 631 > >> remains closed. I was running it on the new box via ssh which I think > >> eleminates any swithc/router issues. > >> > >> Any thoughts gladly accepted. This must be something simple/stupid I > >> have overlooked. Not much hair left to pull out. ;-/ > >> > > > > Do you have the Cups Service running? service cups status and service > > hplip status. > > > > > I don't have an answer but I have to believe that your problem > is related to mine (thread: cups & hp-toolbox) > my machine: Linux rwells-rh 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 > 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > [root at rwells-rh legacydp]# /sbin/service hplip status > hpiod (pid 6422) is running... > hpssd (pid 6427) is running... > > [root at rwells-rh legacydp]# /sbin/service cups status > cupsd (pid 6453) is running... > >Interesting that when the local host address is used the port is open: >[root at rwells-rh legacydp]# nmap -sT -p 631 -PT 127.0.0.1 It is configured by default to it has to be changed See below working config. You will need to have iptables to allow access from remote connections. /etc cups and hp dirs. cupsd.conf: MaxLogSize 2000000000 # Show general information in error_log. LogLevel info SystemGroup sys root # Allow remote access Port 631 Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock # Enable printer sharing and shared printers. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny # (Change '@LOCAL' to 'ALL' if using directed broadcasts from another subnet.) BrowseAllow @LOCAL BrowseAddress @LOCAL DefaultAuthType Basic ------ hplip.conf: # hplip.conf [hpiod] # port=0 (dynamic IP port) port=2208 [hpssd] # port=0 (dynamic IP port) port=2207 [hplip] version=1.7.2 jdprobe=0 Iptables needs: -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT