How to access my CUPS web interface locally using my hostname

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Issue

CUPS web interface is accessible at http://localhost:631.
But if I try to access the interface using a hostname, redhat1, as in http://redhat1:631,   it doesn't work. Why is that?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4

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