[Samba] Windows 2000 Printers: "Access Denied, Unable to Connect"

daniel.jarboe at custserv.com daniel.jarboe at custserv.com
Tue Dec 17 20:49:00 GMT 2002


1) Are the w2k client's running as local admins?
2) Do the clients install the drivers locally (instead of installing the
printers with drivers in the print$ share on samba)?

If both of these are yes, check out "use client driver" in the smb.conf
man page.  Long story short, you probably want to set "use client driver
= yes" for a fast solution.  OR, you can set up samba to serve the
required drivers via the print$ share (this is the better solution
IMHO).  See the Samba-HOWTO-Collection for more information.

~ Daniel




> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Neilson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: 'samba at lists.samba.org'
> Subject: [Samba] Windows 2000 Printers: "Access Denied, 
> Unable to Connect"
> 
> 
> Unless I make a user a member of the printer admin group in 
> the smb.conf
> file on the Linux Samba Server, on the W2K client the printer 
> will show up
> as "Access Denied, Unable to Connect".  The user can still 
> connect and print
> to that printer, however.  I just want to get rid of that 
> incorrect status
> message, because it will cause confusion.  
> 
> Here are the relevant parts of the smb.conf file.  Thanks in 
> advance:  
> 
> [global]
>    workgroup = WIN
>    hosts allow = 172.16. 
>    printcap name = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>    printing = lprng
>    security = domain
>    password server = *
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
>    os level = 0
> 
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba/public
>    browseable = no
>    printable = yes
>    public = yes
>    writable = no
>    create mode = 0700
>  
> [lp11]
>    comment=David's Printer
>    path=/home/dneilson
>    create mask = 0700
>    writable = yes
>    public = yes
>    guest ok = yes
>    hosts allow = 172.16.
>    printable = yes
>    printing = lprng
>    print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -Plp11 %s
>    lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Plp11 %j
>    lprm command = /usr/sbin/lprm -Plp11 %j
>    printer name = lp11
>    share modes = no
>    printer admin = tiberius,root,dneilson
>    queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop %p
>    queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start %p
> 
> 
> David Neilson
> Western Family Foods, Inc.
> System Administrator
> 503 639 6300 x370
> 
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