[Samba] Win2K sp4 can't print

D. Rick Anderson ruger at acsnv.com
Thu Jul 17 16:34:21 GMT 2003


Check to see if they can still print. Win2K does that to me too, but 
they can still print. I had to add:

use client driver = yes

To the printers defenition to get the Access Denied error to go away.

HTH

Rick

Bob Crandell wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I just installed 2 Win2K sp4 workstations on an otherwise working Samba 2.2.8a
>network and 2 of the 3 printers are showing "Access denied".  What's up with that?
>The other computers that are working just fine are Win98, XP and Win2K NOT sp4.
>
>Here is part of the global section:
>        printing = bsd
>        load printers = yes
>        disable spoolss = yes
>        printcap name = /etc/printcap
>        printer admin = admin, administrator, @ntadmin
>
>Here is one of the printers:
>[Printer]
>        comment = Our Printer
>        path = /var/spool/lpd/hp4000n
>        queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p stop
>        queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start
>        print command = /usr/bin/lpr -Php4000n -r %s
>        use client driver = yes
>        printer name = hp4000n
>        browsable = yes
>        printable = yes
>        guest ok = yes
>        writable = no
>        public = yes
>        force user = lp
>        create mask = 0700
>        write list = admin, administrator, @ntadmin
>
>All the printers are identical except for the name and the path.  They work for
>everybody except the Win2K sp4.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>Bob Crandell
>Assured Computing
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>bob at assuredcomp.com
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>
>
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>





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