[winXP] HP6MP "IT DOESN'T WORK !!!!!"

Daniel Teo danieltkh at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 23 03:01:02 GMT 2001


hi ...
for these 2 options to work do i need to use samba 2.2.2 ?

>use client driver = yes
>disable spoolss = yes

i am currently using 2.2.1a now and printing for me does not work
only on win98 works .
looks like my problem is similar to yours .. ???

thanks :)
Reference Toubleshooting Win2k 2P & Samba 2.2.1a Printing


-----Original Message-----
From: samba-admin at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-admin at lists.samba.org]On
Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 8:52 AM
To: Bill Schoolcraft
Cc: samba at lists.samba.org; Gerald (Jerry) Carter
Subject: Re: [winXP] HP6MP "IT DOESN'T WORK !!!!!"


The "use client driver" and spoolss things don't work for me with 2.2.1a
and XP.

I keep getting errors like the ones below. My guess is it is somehow
related to
these errors, but I'm damned if I can figure it out.

[2001/11/23 11:31:22, 0]
rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:close_printer_handle(257)
  close_printer_handle: Invalid handle (OTHER)
[2001/11/23 11:31:41, 0] rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:get_printer_snum(333)
  get_printer_snum: Invalid handle (OTHER)
[2001/11/23 11:31:41, 0]
rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:close_printer_handle(257)
  close_printer_handle: Invalid handle (OTHER)


Bill Schoolcraft wrote:

>Hello Family,
>
>(smb.conf file attached)
>
>Well I was here messing with the smb.conf file and don't ask me why
>or how but here it is and it prints to the Epson777 Stylus
>color inkjet with a "Edimax Mini Print Server" attached to the
>back with a static IP from Windows2000.
>
>The only slight quirk is that the "Epson Status Monitor" pops up
>looking for the printer trying to find "ink levels" I guess.
>
>I did do another thing too, that was to delete the Epson drivers
>from the Windows2000 machine (one item refused to be removed, the
>printer_monitor I think) and then went to [add-printer] from
>Windows, find the Samba share, and despite Windows showing me I
>already had the drivers on disk I, I reloaded them anyway, that is
>how I interpreted the sections from the (new) smb.conf manpage which
>I'll include here.
>
>I did enable both "use client driver = yes" && "disable spoolss =
>yes"
>
>#################################################################
>
>
>use client driver (S)
>              This parameter  applies  only  to  Windows  NT/2000
>              clients.  It  has  no  affect  on  Windows 95/98/ME
>              clients. When serving a printer to Windows  NT/2000
>              clients  without  first  installing a valid printer
>              driver on  the  Samba  host,  the  client  will  be
>              required  to  install  a local printer driver. From
>              this point on, the client will treat the print as a
>              local printer and not a network printer connection.
>              This is much the same behavior that will occur when
>              disable spoolss = yes.
>
>              The  differentiating  factor  is  that under normal
>              circumstances, the NT/2000 client will  attempt  to
>              open  the network printer using MS-RPC. The problem
>              is that because the client considers the printer to
>              be  local,  it will attempt to issue the OpenPrint
>              erEx() call  requesting  access  rights  associated
>              with  the  logged  on  user.  If the user possesses
>              local administator rights but not  root  privilegde
>              on  the Samba host (often the case), the OpenPrint
>              erEx() call will  fail.  The  result  is  that  the
>              client  will  now display an "Access Denied; Unable
>              to connect" message in  the  printer  queue  window
>              (even though jobs may successfully be printed).
>
>              If  this  parameter  is enabled for a printer, then
>              any  attempt  to  open   the   printer   with   the
>              PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER   right   is   mapped  to
>              PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing the Open
>              PrinterEx()  call  to  succeed. This parameter MUST
>              not be able enabled on  a  print  share  which  has
>              valid print driver installed on the Samba server.
>
>              See also disable spoolss
>
>              Default: use client driver = no
>
> disable spoolss (G)
>              Enabling  this parameter will disables Samba's sup
>              port for the SPOOLSS set of MS-RPC's and will yield
>              identical  behavior as Samba 2.0.x. Windows NT/2000
>              clients will downgrade to using Lanman style print
>              ing  commands.  Windows 9x/ME will be uneffected by
>              the parameter. However, this will also disable  the
>              ability to upload printer drivers to a Samba server
>              via the Windows NT Add Printer Wizard or  by  using
>              the  NT  printer  properties dialog window. It will
>              also disable  the  capability  of  Windows  NT/2000
>              clients  to  download  print drivers from the Samba
>              host upon demand.  Be very careful  about  enabling
>              this parameter.
>
>              See also use client driver
>
>              Default : disable spoolss = no
>
>##################################################################
>
>Thanks for all your patience with me Jerry.
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
># This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
># smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
># here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
># many!) most of which are not shown in this example
>#
># Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)
># is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
># for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
># may wish to enable
>#
># NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
># to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
>#
>#======================= Global Settings
=====================================
>[global]
>
># workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name, eg: REDHAT4
>   workgroup = WORKGROUP
>##################################################################
>passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
>log level = 3
>use client driver = yes
>disable spoolss = yes
>
>#################################################################
># server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
>   server string = Samba Server
>
># This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict
># connections to machines which are on your local network. The
># following example restricts access to two C class networks and
># the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see
># the smb.conf man page
>   hosts allow = 192.168.7.  127.
>
># If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
># than setting them up individually then you'll need this
>   load printers = yes
>
># you may wish to override the location of the printcap file
>   printcap name = /etc/printcap
>
># on SystemV system setting printcap name to lpstat should allow
># you to automatically obtain a printer list from the SystemV spool
># system
>   printcap name = lpstat
>
># this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
># that connects
>   log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
>
># Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
>   max log size = 50
>
># Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
># security_level.txt for details.
>   security = share
>
># You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
># ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
># Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
>  encrypt passwords = yes
>
># Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
># See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
># You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
>#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>   socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
># DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
># via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
># this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
>   dns proxy = no
>
>#============================ Share Definitions
==============================
>[homes]
>   comment = Home Directories
>   browseable = yes
>   writable = yes
>
>[printers]
>   use client driver = yes
>   comment = All Printers
>   path = /var/spool/samba
>   browseable = yes
>
># Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>   guest ok = yes
>   writable = yes
>   printable = yes
>
>



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