Installing CUPS

apt-get install cupsys cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gimpprint defoma fontconfig foomatic-db foomatic-filters libcupsimage2 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libjpeg62 libpaper1 libpng12-0 libslp1 libtiff4 patch perl perl-modules ttf-bitstream-vera ucf

To get access to the web interface from my workstation (IP 192.168.0.70), I will change cups to listen on the server IP and allow access from the IP 192.168.0.70. You will have to change this IP to suit into your network configuration.

vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

The cupsd.conf file should look like this after editing:

	  
#
#
#   Sample configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
#   scheduler.  See "man cupsd.conf" for a complete description of this
#   file.
#

# Log general information in error_log - change "info" to "debug" for
# troubleshooting...
LogLevel info

# Administrator user group...
SystemGroup lpadmin

# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
Listen localhost:631
Listen 192.168.0.100:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock

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

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

# Restrict access to the server...
<Location />
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
  Allow @LOCAL
  Allow 192.168.0.70
</Location>

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

<Location /admin>
  AuthType Basic
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
  Allow 192.168.0.70
</Location>


# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf>
  AuthType Basic
  Require user @SYSTEM
  Order allow,deny
  Allow localhost
  Allow 192.168.0.70
</Location>

# Set the default printer/job policies...
<Policy default>
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an adminstrator...
  <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  # All administration operations require an adminstrator to authenticate...
  <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs CUPS-Set-Default>
    AuthType Basic
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...
  <Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
    Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

  <Limit All>
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>
</Policy>

Add the cupsys user to the shadow group:

adduser cupsys shadow

and restart the cups daemon:

/etc/init.d/cupsys restart

The cups web interface is now accessible with any webbrowser from my workstation:

http://192.168.0.100:631/

Now I can log in to the cups interface with the username root and my root password.

Please note: If there is no Linux driver available for your printer and you want to use this printer only from your Windows workstations trough SAMBA, you can use the printer manufacturer RAW and install the correct driver on your Windows workstation.

If you created a new printer in cups, you will have to add it to samba with the command:

cupsaddsmb -a

This howto is also available as VMware virtual machine image for all HowtoForge subscribers.

Links

• http://www.ubuntu.com
• http://www.samba.org
• http://www.cups.org

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