[Samba] How do I remove printer drivers from print$

Gerald Carter jerry at samba.org
Thu Feb 21 10:15:08 GMT 2002


On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Ben Tullis wrote:

> 
> I have done a foolish thing and I would like help undoing it!
> 
> I have managed to add drivers for all of the printers on my Samba server,
> using the "Add printer driver wizard."
> 
> They are in print$ (/usr/local/samba/printers/W32X86)
> 
> The ones for my Win95 and 98 clients are in /usr/local/samba/printers/WIN40
> but they are Wrong!
> 
> I cannot use the "Server Properties" tab in the printers folder using a
> Win2k client to delete the drivers.  The remove button is greyed-out.

You must be connected to the Samba server as a "printer admin" and 
have 'show add printer wizard = yes' in smb.conf.  This should work.
What version of Samba are you running?







jerry
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