On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 12:21 -0500, b.j. mcclure wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 11:37 -0500, 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. > > > > JohnStanley > Yes. See output in original post. Thanks. I'm blind sometimes. Did you check the configuration file?: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-March/072868.html JohnStanley