[Samba] Printer dialogue box slow to pop up
Ilia Chipitsine
ilia at paramon.ru
Sun Jul 10 14:50:45 GMT 2005
You may encounter such delays if You have "older" printers installed on a
client. When dialog box pops up, client tryes to query all the installed
printers, and if some of them are switched off (point to non-existent
computers) You may observer such delays.
Cheers,
Ilia Chipitsine
> Hi, we're in the process of rolling out Samba on Suse Enterprise Server v
> 9 in an environment of Windows 98, 2000, and XP computers (samba v
> 3.0.14a). The samba server is replacing a Windows 2000 domain controller.
> The computers switched over to using the samba server as the domain
> controller are not experiencing any issues logging onto the domain,
> initializing their logon batch script, or changing their passwords. We
> were able to add functioning printer queues using samba and cups. The
> computers are able to download the printer drivers and print successfully.
> The issue right now is that there is a good minute delay when opening the
> printer dialogue box and when the dialogue box pops up on the computer
> (one of the samba printers is set up as the default printer on each
> computer). This problem is consistent for all versions of Windows. We
> are having trouble pinpointing what could be the cause of this. Does
> anyone have any idea what to look for here? Also, could you please CC us
> (melissa at ginormus.com and leigh.riley at crownwms.com) in the reply as we are
> not members of the list?
>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> Here is the current smb.conf:
>
> # Global parameters
> [global]
> smb ports = 139
> workgroup = CRN_LINUX
> server string = Samba SUSE
> min password length = 4
> map to guest = Bad User
> use sendfile = no
> passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
> passwd chat = *New*password: %n\n *Re-enter*new*password: %n\n
> *changed*
> unix password sync = Yes
> log level = 5
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192
> SO_SNDBUF=8192
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m
> debug pid = Yes
> debug uid = Yes
> printcap cache time = 750
> printcap name = cups
> add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -g users %u
> delete user script = /usr/sbin/userdel -r %u
> add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
> delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
> add user to group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -G %g %u
> add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false -g machines %u
> logon script = logon.bat
> logon path =
> logon home =
> domain logons = Yes
> os level = 65
> preferred master = Yes
> domain master = Yes
> wins support = Yes
> ldap ssl = no
> invalid users = bin, daemon
> admin users = root, @ntadmin, lriley, @print
> printer admin = root, administrator, @print
> create mask = 0664
> force create mode = 0664
> directory mask = 0775
> force directory mode = 0775
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printer admin = @print
> guest ok = Yes
> printable = Yes
> browseable = No
>
> [print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
> admin users = root, @print
> write list = root, @users, @print
> ##force group = users
> guest ok = Yes
>
> [apps]
> comment = Applications
> path = /Apps/
> read only = No
>
> [public]
> comment = Public Drive
> path = /Public/
> force group = users
> read only = No
>
> [userdata]
> comment = Userdata
> path = /Userdata/
> read only = No
>
> [netlogon]
> comment = Logon Scripts
> path = /netlogon
> browseable = No
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Here is the /etc/printcap file:
>
> AccntingCanon|CANON im.Runner 330s gimp-print:rm=LnxPrint:rp=AccntingCanon:
> BigLabel|HP DesignJet 430:rm=LnxPrint:rp=BigLabel:
> ClaimsDispatch|CANON im.Runner 330s gimp-print:rm=LnxPrint:rp=ClaimsDispatch:
> Dispatch|CANON imageRunner 330s ljet4:rm=LnxPrint:rp=Dispatch:
> HPAccounting|HP LaserJet 4050 ljet4 Accounting:rm=LnxPrint:rp=HPAccounting:
> SalesColor|CANON imageRunner 330s hpijs:rm=LnxPrint:rp=SalesColor:
> ServiceBack|ServiceBack:rm=LnxPrint:rp=ServiceBack:
>
> and in the cupsd.conf, the Servername is set to LnxPrint which is an entry
> in the /etc/hosts file I added for 127.0.0.1
>
> /var/spool/samba currently has 777 permissions
>
> every user who accesses the printers is a member of the print group
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> using rpcclient, the command enumdrivers gives the message:
>
> 0024 status: WERR_OK
>
> the command enumprinters lists the contents of the printcap file but
> before it lists the contents, it gives the error:
>
> 0024 status: WERR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Looking at the level 5 log output of the computer mamba (winxp) accessing
> the printer AccntingCannon, we see the errors:
>
> 15594 status: WERR_UNKNOWN_LEVEL
>
> Namely:
>
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 4, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:_spoolss_getprin
> terdriver2(5605)
> _spoolss_getprinterdriver2
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 4, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:find_policy_by_hnd_
> internal(162)
> Found policy hnd[0] [000] 00 00 00 00 8D 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 A8 05 CF
> 42 ........ .......B
> [010] 3B 6C 00 00 ;l..
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 4, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_lsa_hnd.c:find_policy_by_hnd_
> internal(162)
> Found policy hnd[0] [000] 00 00 00 00 8D 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 A8 05 CF
> 42 ........ .......B
> [010] 3B 6C 00 00 ;l..
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 4, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_spoolss_nt.c:get_printer_snum
> (452)
> short name:AccntingCanon
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_debug(82)
> 000000 spoolss_io_r_getprinterdriver2
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(642)
> 0000 ptr: 00df1008
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(642)
> 0004 size: 00015580
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(642)
> 15588 needed: 00000000
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(642)
> 1558c servermajorversion: 00000000
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_uint32(642)
> 15590 serverminorversion: 00000000
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_parse/parse_prs.c:prs_werror(702)
> 15594 status: WERR_UNKNOWN_LEVEL
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 5, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_rpcTNP(1578)
> api_rpcTNP: called spoolss successfully
> [2005/07/08 16:00:56, 3, pid=27707, effective(0, 1000), real(0, 0)]
> rpc_server/srv_pipe_hnd.c:free_pipe_context(
> 542)
> free_pipe_context: destroying talloc pool of size 82
>
>
>
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