[Samba] Printing - "lprm command" not getting executed

Tue Dec 10 00:27:00 GMT 2002

You shouldn't be hanging on the client side.

You might try:
Making a queue just for your printer, not the generic %p.
Put printing = lprng in the share.
Look at the log files for error messages.
This would include the smbd log files as well as the printer log files.
/var/messages might even contain something.

Does this only happen with word?
Joel

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:02:37PM -0800, David Neilson wrote:
> Joel:
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions.  I tried them out and now can delete files,
> though it hangs the application on the PC (i.e., if trying to print from
> Word to a Samba printer and purge the Word doc, then Word hangs).  But,
> thanks for your help.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel at HammersHome.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:33 PM
> To: David Neilson; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Printing - "lprm command" not getting executed
> 
> 
> Here is what I used for one share. Looks like yours.
> 
> [Win4LinZ53]
> 	comment = Raw Printer for Z53
> 	path = /tmp
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	guest ok = yes
> 	hosts allow = 192.168.
> 	printable = Yes
> 	printing = lprng
> 	print command = echo %p %s >> /tmp/junkJ; /usr/bin/lpr -PWin4LinZ53
> -J'%J' %s; rm %s
> 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -PWin4LinZ53
> 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -PWin4LinZ53 %j
> 	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold -PWin4LinZ53 %j
> 	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release -PWin4LinZ53 %j
> 	printer name = lp
> 	share modes = No
> 
> There is a file, /etc/lpd.perms, whose syntax is awful.
> I have one line in mine:
> DEFAULT ACCEPT
> Other problems come to mind, mainly, permissions.
> Joel
> 
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:30:39PM -0800, David Neilson wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:30:39PM -0800, David Neilson wrote:
> > I am attempting to get printing services for Windows 2000 clients working 
> > with Samba on a Red Hat 7.2 box.  The problem is I can not cancel print
> jobs
> > 
> > (either from a PC or the local smb client).   File sharing, and printing 
> > other than this problem, work fine.  
> > 
> > Here is a listing of configuration and system info:  1) the samba packages
> 
> > installed, 2) output of "uname -a", 3) the relevant parts of the smb.conf 
> > file, 4) printing capabilities which work, and 5) more detailed
> information 
> > about the problem.
> > 
> > 
> > 1) SAMBA PACKAGES
> > samba-2.2.1a-4
> > samba-common-2.2.1a-4
> > samba-client-2.2.1a-4
> > 
> > 
> > 2) RED HAT LINUX
> > Linux pegasus 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
> > 
> > 
> > 3) EXCERPTS FROM SMB.CONF
> > [global]
> > # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
> >    workgroup = WIN   # A W2K DOMAIN
> > 
> > # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
> >    domain logons = yes
> > 
> > # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
> > # than setting them up individually then you'll need this
> >    printcap name = /etc/printcap
> >    load printers = yes
> > 
> > # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
> > # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
> > # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx
> >    printing = bsd ### I HAVE ALSO TRIED lprng, AND LEAVING THIS COMMENTED
> > OUT.
> > 
> > # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
> > # security_level.txt for details.
> >    security = domain
> > 
> > # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
> > # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
> > # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
> >    encrypt passwords = yes
> >    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> > 
> > printer admin = tiberius,dneilson,root
> > print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -P%p %s
> > lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p %j
> > lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
> > queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop %p
> > queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start %p
> > 
> > #============================ Share Definitions
> > ==============================
> > [lp11]
> >    comment=David's Printer
> >    path=/var/spool/samba/public
> >    valid users=dneilson mellwein
> >    printer=lp11
> >    printable=yes
> >    printer admin=tiberius,dneilson,root
> >    print command=/usr/bin/lpr -r -P%p %s
> >    lprm command=/usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
> >    public=yes
> > 
> > 
> > 4) PRINTING CAPABILITIES THAT WORK
> > I can print from the local smbclient as well as any Windows 2000 client I 
> > choose.  I am able to pause and unpause the print queue.  I have not had 
> > any problem printing any kind of document in the correct format.
> > 
> > 
> > 5) MORE DETAILS OF THE PROBLEM.
> > When I try to delete a job, Samba gives the indication it deleted the job.
> > On a Windows 2000 client, after I delete the job and hit Refresh, the job 
> > is gone.  On the local smbclient, after I cancel the job and type "queue",
> >  the job is gone.  But in both cases, if I type lpstat -t from the server
> > command line, the job is still out there.
> > 
> > This problem can't be specific to Samba 2.2.1a, because I have tried it on
> >  a machine with 2.2.7, and have gotten the same results.  
> > 
> > In troubleshooting, I changed the "lprm command" line to read: "lprm 
> > command=/tmp/lprm %p %j".  The /tmp/lprm script consists of the following:
> > #### START SCRIPT /tmp/lprm
> > /usr/bin/id > /tmp/lprm.out
> > /usr/bin/lprm -P$1 $2 >> /tmp/lprm.out 2>&1
> > #### END SCRIPT /tmp/lprm
> > When I cancel jobs, this script should at least create an output file, 
> > but it doesn't - which indicates it doesn't get run.  As a result, I think
> >  Samba is not paying any attention to the "lprm command" line in the 
> > smb.conf.  Be aware that "testparm" will show the "lprm command" as having
> 
> > the correct parameters (/usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j).  
> > 
> > I have checked the samba log files, and they are not written to when I 
> > try to cancel jobs.
> > 
> > I have tried running a trace of the smbd command when I try to cancel
> jobs,
> >  and here is the output.  It is only one line long:
> > ### START strace OUTPUT
> > select(1024, [9 10], NULL, NULL, NULL <unfinished ...>
> > ### END strace OUTPUT
> > 
> > >From the Unix command line, if I run the lprm command as myself
> (dneilson)
> >  "lprm -Plp11 <JOB_ID>", I can delete the job without any problem.  
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for any help you can provide.  
> > 
> > David Neilson
> > 
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