Q. for Samba gurus.

[Alex Ongena]

Hi,

I want to use Samba as a 'special' printer server only, namely a
FAX print server for Win-95 and Win-NT systems. The users on these
systems must be registered in my Unix /etc/passwd file.
I noticed a difference in behaviour between Win-95 and Win NT
that prevents me from reaching my goal.

With Win-95, the spool file is created as 'user', with Win-NT the
spool file is created as 'nobody' (my guest account).

also the variables in the 'print command' are different:
Win-95:  %u = 'user', %U = 'user'
Win-NT:  %u = 'nobody', %U = 'user'

Due to this behaviour, I must make my FAX 'public' to nobody, otherwise
Win-NT users can not use it.

I used a test script 'tsam' to figure things out, but now I'am stuck
by this behaviour.

Anybody an idea to overcome this problem ?

my smb.conf

[global]
   encrypt passwords = yes
   preserve case = yes
   guest account = nobody
   log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
   lock directory = /var/lock/samba
   share modes = yes
   workgroup = Office
   debuglevel = 3

[homes]
   browseable = no

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   printable = yes
   browseable = no
   public = no
   writable = no
   load printers = no

[fax]
   comment = FAX Service
   print ok = yes
   browseable = yes
   ; path = /var/spool/fax/spool
   path = /tmp
   public = yes
   writable = no

   print command = /bin/sh /tmp/tsam %U %s %p %j %u %a
   ; print command = /bin/sh /var/spool/fax/able/Wrap S %s %p %j %U
   lpq command   = /bin/sh /var/spool/fax/able/Wrap L %s %p %j %U
   lprm command  = /bin/sh /var/spool/fax/able/Wrap R %s %p %j %U


and this is tsam:

#!/bin/sh
echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 >> /tmp/tsam.log

and this is tsam.log
%U           $s                 %p  %j   %u    %a

ao /tmp/MicrosoftWord-Document1 fax %j nobody WinNT
ao /tmp/gargam.a00546 fax %j ao Win95
test /tmp/TEST.a00694 fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/TEST.b00694 fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/Untitled-Notepad fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/TEST.c00694 fax %j nobody WinNT
ao /tmp/gargam.a00593 fax %j ao Win95
test /tmp/TEST.a02149 fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/TEST.b02149 fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/TEST.a02222 fax %j nobody WinNT
test /tmp/TEST.b02222 fax %j nobody WinNT
ao /tmp/AO.a02280 fax %j nobody WinNT

You can see the difference in %u and %U between Win95 and WinNT

Please Help

TIA
Alex
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