Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 07:52:36PM +0200, A.L.Meyers wrote: >> ... >> http://localhost:631/admin >> >> ... >> >> Also wierd is that I have to be connected on line to the internet in >> order to access the above localhost address. > > I haven't tried cups, but needing to be online sounds like some kind of > hosts problem. You should have a line in /etc/hosts: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > Make sure you're using your hosts file in /etc/host.conf. I check hosts > and then dns with the following /etc/host.conf: > > order hosts,bind > multi on > > You may also want to use the ip address in the url: > > http://127.0.0.1:631/admin > > to see if that works when you're offline.
/etc/hosts and /etc/host.conf look fine. Should I ping the ip address offline? Does resolv.conf have any influence on this problem? Thanks and greetings, Lucien -- If you receive this by error, please delete it and inform the sender. PGP key fingerprint=F1C0 D9AE 1B18 1405 4DFA B4CC 6DC7 FF78 C76E FB15 To Big Brother Echelon from "spook": strategic nuclear Treasury KGB SDI supercomputer Peking Marxist Iraq DES
