Samba 2.2.2 printer driver downloading for Win9x clients

[Sylvain Bergé]

I've the same problem with the 2.2.1a

Christian Perrier wrote:

>I have this problem for a while now, with all 2.2.x versions I installed,
>including the recent 2.2.2.
>
>On a Samba server which is domain member in a NT4-controlled domain, I have
>several printers defined.
>
>I have very carefully followed the steps described in printer_driver2.html
>and have been successful in making the printer driver download work for
>NT4/W2K clients.
>
>Unfortunately, for *some* of the defined printers, I am unable to have the
>Win9x printer driver download work.
>
>The procedure I try to use is the following :
>
>On a NT4 client, I open a session with a user granted as Domain Admin. The
>corresponding user on the Samba server side is member of the "staff" group
>(which is the group who has write access to the print$ share on the samba
>server, Unix permissions in the corresponding directory being OK for that
>group allso.
>
>In the Network Neighborhood, I open the Samba server, the "Printers". 
>
>I choose  a printer, then "Properties". Then I clik on the "Share" TAB and
>choose Windows 95 in the "Additionnal drivers" part. Then click OK.
>
>Here I get an error box with (translated from french) : "Additionnal drivers
>installation impossible. Unknown printer driver". Then, the printer
>properties dialog box is closed automatically.
>
>I can try to put a (very) high debug level on the samba side if this may
>help, of course. Which one should I use? 10?
>