On Tue 27 Nov 2018 at 20:33:10 +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> So to investigate this further I would need a log file of cups-browsed.
>
> You get a log file if there is a line
>
> DebugLogging file
>
> in cups-browsed.conf
>
> The log file will by default be created as
>
> /var/log/cups/cups-browsed_log
>
> Please attach your log file (from starting cups-browsed until observation of
> wrong behavior) to this bug report. Also attach your cups-browsed.conf.
I gave a log file already, but have no problem in attaching another one.
Cheers,
Brian.
# All configuration options described here can also be supplied on the
# command line of cups-browsed via the "-o" option. In case of
# contradicting settings the setting defined in the configuration file
# will get used.
# Unknown directives are ignored, also unknown values.
# Where should cups-browsed save information about the print queues it had
# generated when shutting down, like whether one of these queues was the
# default printer, or default option settings of the queues?
# CacheDir /var/cache/cups
# Where should cups-browsed create its debug log file (if "DebugLogging file"
# is set)?
LogDir /var/log/cups
# How should debug logging be done? Into the file
# /var/log/cups/cups-browsed_log ('file'), to stderr ('stderr'), or
# not at all ('none')?
DebugLogging file
# DebugLogging stderr
# DebugLogging file stderr
# DebugLogging none
# Which protocols will we use to discover printers on the network?
# Can use DNSSD and/or CUPS and/or LDAP, or 'none' for neither.
BrowseRemoteProtocols dnssd cups
# Which protocols will we use to broadcast shared local printers to the network?
# Can use DNSSD and/or CUPS, or 'none' for neither.
# Only CUPS is actually supported, as DNSSD is done by CUPS itself (we ignore
# DNSSD in this directive).
# BrowseLocalProtocols none
# Settings of this directive apply to both BrowseRemoteProtocols and
# BrowseLocalProtocols.
# Can use DNSSD and/or CUPS and/or LDAP, or 'none' for neither.
# BrowseProtocols none
# Only browse remote printers (via DNS-SD or CUPS browsing) from
# selected servers using the "BrowseAllow", "BrowseDeny", and
# "BrowseOrder" directives
# This serves for restricting the choice of printers in print dialogs
# to trusted servers or to reduce the number of listed printers in the
# print dialogs to a more user-friendly amount in large networks with
# very many shared printers.
# This only filters the selection of remote printers for which
# cups-browsed creates local queues. If the print dialog uses other
# mechanisms to list remote printers as for example direct DNS-SD
# access, cups-browsed has no influence. cups-browsed also does not
# prevent the user from manually accessing non-listed printers.
# "BrowseAllow": Accept printers from these hosts or networks. If
# there are only "BrowseAllow" lines and no "BrowseOrder" and/or
# "BrowseDeny" lines, only servers matching at last one "BrowseAllow"
# line are accepted.
# "BrowseDeny": Deny printers from these hosts or networks. If there
# are only "BrowseDeny" lines and no "BrowseOrder" and/or
# "BrowseAllow" lines, all servers NOT matching any of the
# "BrowseDeny" lines are accepted.
# "BrowseOrder": Determine the order in which "BrowseAllow" and
# "BrowseDeny" lines are applied. With "BrowseOrder Deny,Allow" in the
# beginning all servers are accepted, then the "BrowseDeny" lines are
# applied to exclude unwished servers or networks and after that the
# "BrowseAllow" lines to re-include servers or networks. With
# "BrowseOrder Allow,Deny" we start with denying all servers, then
# applying the "BrowseAllow" lines and afterwards the "BrowseDeny"
# lines.
# Default for "BrowseOrder" is "Deny.Allow" if there are both
# "BrowseAllow" and "BrowseDeny" lines.
# If there are no "Browse..." lines at all, all servers are accepted.
# BrowseAllow All
# BrowseAllow cups.example.com
# BrowseAllow 192.168.1.12
# BrowseAllow 192.168.1.0/24
# BrowseAllow 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
# BrowseDeny All
# BrowseDeny printserver.example.com
# BrowseDeny 192.168.1.13
# BrowseDeny 192.168.3.0/24
# BrowseDeny 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.0
# BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
# BrowseOrder Allow,Deny
# The interval between browsing/broadcasting cycles, local and/or
# remote, can be adjusted with the BrowseInterval directive.
# BrowseInterval 60
# Browsing-related operations such as adding or removing printer queues
# and broadcasting are each allowed to take up to a given amount of time.
# It can be configured, in seconds, with the BrowseTimeout directive.
# Especially queues discovered by CUPS broadcasts will be removed after
# this timeout if no further broadcast from the server happens.
# BrowseTimeout 300
# Filtering of remote printers by other properties than IP addresses
# of their servers
# Often the desired selection of printers cannot be reached by only
# taking into account the IP addresses of the servers. For these cases
# there is the BrowseFilter
