[GRLUG] CUPS error

[Michael Mol]

http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/ref-cupsd-conf.html

See SSLOptions, perhaps? I'd bet AwesomeBar knew the correct port to use.

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM, John-Thomas Richards
<jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:42:40AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 09:58 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
>> > I'm running CUPS on Debian Squeeze.  Printing does not work.  When I try
>> > to access https://127.0.0.1:631/admin I get this error
>> > Secure Connection Failed
>> > An error occurred during a connection to 127.0.0.1:631.
>> > SSL received a record that exceeded the maximum permissible length.
>> > (Error code: ssl_error_rx_record_too_long)
>> > Googling for "debian squeeze cups ssl_error_rx_record_too_long" returns
>> > just 35 hits.
>> > Restarting CUPS doesn't fix the problem.  Any ideas?
>>
>> Yep, https://*:631,  use http://*:631
>>
>> "ssl_error_rx_record_too_long" is caused by attempting to perform an
>> encrypted request to a non-encrypted resource.
>>
>> Browser's don't typically support TLS-upgrade, only SSL and non-SSL.
>> https://*:80 might work, but https://*:631 won't.
>
> I was able to view the CUPS interface with http://, however, I've used
> https:// in the past (that's what came up in Firefox's awesome bar).
> Also, some of the links in the CUPS interface point to my localhost's
> local name.  For example, when I click on the "laserjet" printer name,
> the link takes me to http://rondo:0/printers/laserjet.  rondo is the
> name of my localhost and port 0 is, well, port 0.  I'm not sure what got
> messed up in this.  In addition, clicking on things doesn't change
> things.  I clicked on "cancel" for a print job and it won't actually
> cancel.  Nothing seems to change when I try to do any administrative
> functions, including deleting a printer.
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