[Samba] Samba Printing with CUPS
Mark Vodden
mark.vodden at clearchannel.co.uk
Mon Aug 5 07:43:02 GMT 2002
Hi,
I'm a bit new to the whole Samba printing thing and need some help. I am
running Caldera OpenLinux with Samba 2.2.4 and CUPS 1.1.10. I have
successfully managed to upload print drivers to the Samba server from a
Windows NT client. I have then managed to add the printers to several
windows clients without downloading drivers to them. This appeared to work
fine, with excellent integration into our network.
However, upon reboot of the Caldera server I have found that windows clients
who need to add the printers now no longer recognise that the printers have
drivers associated with them. This is pretty strange, as the drivers still
sit in the /var/spool/samba directory!!! Can anyone help with this problem?
Below is a copy of my smb.conf (with senxitive information removed):
# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup =
server string = Caldera Samba Server
security = DOMAIN
encrypt passwords = Yes
password server =
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
wins server =
winbind uid = 10000-20000
winbind gid = 10000-20000
winbind separator = +
printing = cups
printcap = cups
load printers = yes
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = (username is in here)
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = (username is in here)
Thanks very much for your time!
Mark Vodden
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