Description of problem: The documentation[1] says to share a printer, select the printer from the list and then choose Action->Sharing. Well, that'd be nice, but there's no such thing. Since this is a server, X is not installed, and thus system-config-printer brings up the text mode interface. Running the GUI simply isn't an option, as it's not installed. The text mode appears to be missing some of the features present in the GUI equivalent, such as the ability to share printers. [1] http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin-guide/s1-printing-sharing.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): system-config-printer-0.6.116.4-1 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. printconf (if you have X installed, you'll need to run printconf-tui) 2. select printer to share 3. now what? Additional info: I'm able to get *some* things partially working by manually editing the /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file to tell it to listen on more than just 127.0.0.1, and to accept connections from my LAN range. But I'm nervous because it says not edit it, as it's automatically generated. Is it talking about system-config-printer here, or something else? Will I lose everything when I add a new printer? How am I *meant* to be doing this?
The text-mode interface never had this functionality added. As a work-around you can export the configuration data to an XML file: printconf-tui --Xexport > conf.xml Then move the conf.xml file to a spare X-capable machine. On that machine, make a back-up of *its* data and import the data from the X-less machine: printconf-tui --Xexport > backup.xml printconf-tui --Ximport < conf.xml The edit that data as you like, using the graphical tool: printconf-gui When you have finished and clicked 'Apply', export and restore: printconf-tui --Xexport > conf.xml printconf-tui --Ximport < backup.xml /sbin/service cups restart # this is the equivalent of 'Apply' Move the conf.xml file back to the X-less machine and import the new data: printconf-tui --Ximport < conf.xml /sbin/service cups restart
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