[Samba] printing and other questions

[Jean-Francois Pelletier]

Hi,

I had exactly the same problem as you last week. So maybe it's the same
solution? I could see the printer from Win XP, but when I printed
nothing happened. What gave me the clue for solving the problem is when
I tried to print a test page from Windows XP; it said "Access Denied"
(but the other applications would apparently print just fine, no error
messages, but nothing came out of the printer).

I solved this by giving rwx right to everybody for my spool directory.
Actually, I didn't use /var/spool/samba but the one created when I
installed my printer under Linux. In my case:
/var/spool/lpd/Brother_HL-1650. When I gave rwx permissions to
/Brother_HL-1650 then it worked perfectly.

Hope that this helps!

Jean-Francois Pelletier




Le mar 03/12/2002 à 13:31, Yousef I. Adan a écrit :
> I am facing a little problem with printing.
> Linux Box RH 8.0 Samba 2.2.7. Everything was OK. Dunno what I did. Now, eventhough I can see the printer share and connect to it from my WXP PRO, when I send a print, nothing happens. Even If I watch the queue from the WXP, I can see that nothing is going thru this port. Where is the file going? If I check the printer properties (ports), it seems that this particular printer is not point to anywhere. I don't even know whether the problem is from the XP side or Linux side. I know that the printer is configured properly on the Linux and is printing from there. I am attaching my SMB.conf as it's now. I am not a Linux expert. Just starting, so don't take for granted that I checked the easiest parts even. Thanks in advance.
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> Yousef
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> #
> #======================= Global Settings =====================================
> [global]
> 
> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>    workgroup = WXPGRP
> 
> # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
>    server string = Samba Server
> 
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
> 
>    printing = lprng
> 
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> 
>    max log size = 0
> 
>    security = user
> 
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> 
>    unix password sync = Yes
>    passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>    passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
> 
>    pam password change = yes
> 
>   obey pam restrictions = yes
> 
> 
> 
>    dns proxy = no 
> 
> 
> #============================ Share Definitions ==============================
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>    valid users = %S
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 0775
> 
> 
>  [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = yes
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>    guest ok = no
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
> 
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