[Samba] <printer-name> on <netbios-name> Access denied, unable to connect

[Eirik Thorsnes]

onsdag 06 februar 2002, 07:19, skrev du :
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Gerald Carter wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Feb 2002, Matthew Whitworth wrote:
> > > After printing documents from a Win2k client, the system tray
> > > printer icon sticks around (forever) with a mouse-over message that
> > > says "1 document(s) pending for <username>".  When I double click on
> > > the system tray printer icon, the queue window appears to be empty,
> > > but the titlebar says "<printer-name> on <netbios-name> Access denied,
> > > unable to connect". My print jobs print just fine, though.  Ideas...?
> >
> > See the "use client driver" parameter for a hint of what might be
> > happening.
>
> Okay, I read the smb.conf man page, and it sounds like I should either
> use "use client driver = yes" or install the driver on the Samba host.
>
> 1. When I use "use client driver = yes", the printer spool window shows a
> ghost job called smb.prn with status "Paused".  I cannot Cancel or Restart
> the job, and there is no file called smb.prn on my Samba host or anything
> in my UNIX print queue.
>
> 2. When I follow the instructions to install the driver onto the Samba
> host using the Windows "Add New Printer" wizard (after creating a [print$]
> share, etc.) I get a message saying that I need to install files from my
> Windows 2000 Server CD.  Having no such CD (and not planning to purchase
> one) I cancel.


You don't need the CD, just give the NT printer drivers (as downloaded
from the printer manufacturer).

Eirik Thorsnes


> Oh, and yes -- it seems I lied.  My formerly working setup was 2.0.x.
> This is what happens when you "apt-get upgrade" at 2:00 AM.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matthew
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> struct matthew_whitworth {
>     char *email;
>     char *url;
> } mw = { "matthew at okcomputer.org", "http://www.okcomputer.org/~matthew/" };