Printing Support in Samba 2.2.x

[Christian Barth]

> I am able to upload printer drivers for using them in Windows NT 4.0
> Workstation. It works very good but until restart linux with Samba 2.2.x (I
> have tried 2.2.0, 2.2.0a, 2.2.1 and today also 2.2.2):
> 
> - I set the printer driver according to item 6.2.2 in "Samba Project
> documentation"
> - it works, users can download printer driver with only user privilegs and
> use them
> - I can restart smbd and nmbd and downloading of printer drivers still works
> - But when I restart whole server, information about printer driver in
> properties of print share is lost (I can fill up parameter PRINTER DRIVER,
> but information about printer driver files are lost also).
> 
> Maybe there is some other necessary daemon, which is needed for saving
> informations about printer driver and its files (or some special parameter
> setting)
Hm,
I remember I have heard about this problem befor: Some times the 
printer driver information of samba is stored in a directory that is 
cleaned by one of the boot scripts. Checkt the location of the 
dirveres and your boot skripts.

Hope this helps to find a starting point,

Christian


> 
> Thank you
> 
> Vladislav Krahulec
> 
> 
> 
> # Samba config file created using SWAT
> # from 1.223.14.2 (1.223.14.2)
> # Date: 2001/10/22 11:41:12
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>  client code page = 852
>  workgroup = EXCON
>  security = SHARE
>  printer admin = nobody
>  printing = lprng
> 
> [print$]
>  path = /usr/local/samba/printers
>  read only = No
>  guest ok = Yes
> 
> [In]
>  comment = Free space
>  path = /tmp
>  read only = No
>  create mask = 0600
>  guest ok = Yes
> 
> [Pavel]
>  path = /usr/local/httpd/htdocs
>  guest account = www
>  read only = No
>  create mask = 0644
>  guest ok = Yes
> 
> [linprt]
>  comment = HP DeskJet via Samba & JetDirect
>  path = /tmp
>  guest ok = Yes
>  printable = Yes
> 
> 
> 
> 
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