[Samba] PDF printing problem - can't find Samba's file?

[Joel Hammer]

What are the permissions on /export/spool?
Does the command mkpdf2.pl remove the job when it is done?
I don't believe the prefix appears on the file name. It must always add the
path to the name.

Joel

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:09:11PM -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
> I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.
> 
> After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script (which acted as an
> lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an opportunity to rewrite
> it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd problem -- I can't
> find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:
> 
> [pdf2]
>         path = /export/spool
>         printable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I >>/tmp/pdf.log
> 2>&1
>         lpq command =
>         lprm command =
> 
> I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's getting filenames
> like:
> smbprn.000413.8dCLi2
> 
> Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, like I expected
> with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool.  In fact, I
> can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?
> 
> ----------
> 
> David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> Ypsilanti, Michigan
> davidb at mail.interclean.com
> (734) 975-2967 x221
> 
> 
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> I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.
> 
> After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script (which acted as an
> lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an opportunity to rewrite
> it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd problem -- I can't
> find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:
> 
> [pdf2]
>         path = /export/spool
>         printable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I >>/tmp/pdf.log
> 2>&1
>         lpq command =
>         lprm command =
> 
> I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's getting filenames
> like:
> smbprn.000413.8dCLi2
> 
> Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, like I expected
> with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool.  In fact, I
> can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?
> 
> ----------
> 
> David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> Ypsilanti, Michigan
> davidb at mail.interclean.com
> (734) 975-2967 x221
> 
> 
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