samba printing

Joel Hammer Joel at HammersHome.com
Fri Dec 14 11:45:02 GMT 2001


Yes, but I am using windows 98.
Is DEFAULT ACCEPT the only line in lpd.perms?
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 10:02:18AM -0800, dominique at linuxwon.org wrote:
> Joel,
> 
> Thanks so much for the response.  I have made change per you instructions, the DEFAULT is set to ACCEPT in lpd.perms.  I still cannot see the queue on NT.  I looked at the lpd.conf and lpd.perms, there are probably some settings that need to be changed but don't know which.  Is your queue showing on windows and Linux?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Thu, 13 December 2001, Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I take it things are printing ok.
> > As I recall, RH 7.1 uses lprng, yes? Samba may not specify lprng as the
> > default. Better check that out.
> > Just taking some wild shots here:
> > There may be a problem with the command that samba is using for showing the
> > queue. Or, maybe something odd in lpd.perms.
> > I would try making lpd.perms have only this one line:
> > DEFAULT ACCEPT
> > Bad security, but good for troubleshooting.
> > Here is the setup I have for a printer hanging off a linux box with samba:
> >  path = /tmp
> >         create mask = 0700
> >         guest ok = Yes
> >         hosts allow = 192.168.
> >         printable = Yes
> >         printing = lprng
> >         print command = echo %J %p %s  >>  /tmp/junkJ;\
> >                        a="`echo '%J' | sed "s/^.*- //"`" ;\
> >                        echo This is truncated $a >> /tmp/junkJ;\
> >                        /usr/bin/lpr -Plp  -J"$a"  %s;\
> >                        rm %s
> >         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Plp
> >         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Plp %j
:> >         lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold -Plp %j
> >         lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release -Plp %j
> > The fancy print command allows the real file name to appear in the queueand
> > also removes the annoying Microsoft prefix with Word documents.
> > Joel
> >  
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 01:24:01PM -0800, dominique at linuxwon.org wrote:
> > > Hi, 
> > >  
> > > I am desperate for some help with samba printing.  I would truly appreciate any light 
> > > you could shed into this turmoil. 
> > > I have samba running on RH 7.1.  I have configured my printers with the printtool 
> > > with their respective drivers. 
> > > I installed the samba printers on my NT workstations.  When a user sends a print 
> > > job to a printer, the job does not show in the printer icon on the NT WKS.  It can 
> > > be seen on the Linux box with the lpq -P devicename command.  If I configure a port 
> > > on the printer properties on NT than I can see the queue in the NT printer icon but 
> > > not on Linux.  Is is possible to see the queue in both places?    We cannot configure 
> > > a port for each user because we want the admin group to control the print jobs. 
> > >  
> > > Thanks you so much in advance. 
> > > 
> > > Dominique
> > >  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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