Printer drivers upload from Windows2000 (samba 2.2.1a)

[Pierre Burri]

I have finally managed to upload drivers (PPD files for CUPS) from my win2k 
to my samba server.
The bug was in my script addprinter. I had to add my printer admin group in 
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf (SystemGroup xxxx), fetch the PPD file name from the 
fourth APW parameter and then reload samba, using sudo for the necessary 
privileges. After that it worked fine.
I thought it might help someone else if I gave the listing of my script, just 
to give an idea:

#!/bin/sh
# Name:    /usr/bin/addprinter
# Authors: Pierre Burri & Michel Bisson 
# Date:    7-Oct-2001
# This script adds a CUPS printer (Postscript) from Windows2000 APW 
# with Samba Version 2.2.1a. (APW = Add Printer Wizard)
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters given by the APW:
# $1 = printer name
# $2 = share name
# $3 = port name
# $4 = driver name
# $5 = location
# $6 = windows 9x driver location
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
smb_pr_dir="/home/samba/printers"
addpr_log="$smb_pr_dir/addprinter.log"
print_port="parallel:/dev/lp0"
#
echo "----------------------" >> $addpr_log
echo "date : `date`"             >> $addpr_log 
echo "all parameters : 1=<$1> 2=<$2> 3=<$3> 4=<$4> 5=<$5> 6=<$6>" \
                                          >> $addpr_log 
# extract the PPD file name 
driver=$(grep -lr "$4" $smb_pr_dir/W32X86 |head -1)
echo "driver name : <$driver>"  >> $addpr_log 
# add the printer to cups
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p $2 -P $driver -L "$5" -v $print_port -E  \
                                         >> $addpr_log  2>>1&
# reload samba (with the SuSE Linux script)
sudo /etc/init.d/smb reload
sleep 3

Of course, this script doesn't work for all situations!

happy Samba, Pierre

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Pierre Burri
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