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List:       cups
Subject:    Re: [cups.general] Cannot print on a networked iMAC
From:       Michael R Sweet <msweet () apple ! com>
Date:       2008-08-29 17:26:45
Message-ID: 48B83155.9080600 () apple ! com
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Burnie West wrote:
> > Helge Blischke wrote:
> > > ...
> > > That file /private/var/run/cupsd should contain the PID of the
> > > running cupsd (at least this is common on all Linuxes I know)
> > > and thuns not having zero size.
> > That's a Linux "extension" to CUPS that isn't supported or
> > recommended.  PID files have a long list of common problems, which
> > is why we don't use or support them in CUPS.
> > 
> > That said, /private/var/run/cupsd *is* the correct domain socket
> > path on Mac OS X, which does not exactly follow the Linux FHS
> > directory structure.
> > 
> > Everything looks OK, so my first guess would be firewall issues on
> > either the Mac or Linux system.
> > 
> > --
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> 
> Helge -- on iMac cupsdisable; sudo rm /private/var/run/cupsd; cupsenable produces \
> {error} on http://localhost:631/printers->printers; rebooting iMac regenerates 0 \
> size cupsd 
> Michael -- I'm unfamiliar with iMac. How do I temporarily disable its firewalls?

The firewall is controlled through the Security preference pane -
open System Preferences and click on Security.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer

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