[Samba] How do I remove printer drivers from print$
Gerald Carter
jerry at samba.org
Mon Feb 25 07:06:04 GMT 2002
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Ben Tullis wrote:
> I am running 2.2.2-5 for Debian. Here is my smb.conf file, with a few of the
> shares stripped out for brevity.
>
> I have just added "show add printer wizard = yes" and executed
> /etc/init.d/samba reload. I don't think anything has changed so far, but at
> the end of the day I will do a restart and see what happens then.
>
> Many thanks for the support. I am hoping to have this fixed by the next
> time someone on 9x wants to print in colour!
>
> Interestingly, testparm outputs the old definition of:
> printer driver file = /etc/samba/printers.def
This is an older parameter marked for removal in 3.0.
> as well as my entries. Since this file doesn't exist, I am at a loss as to
> where the information about the drivers installed is kept. If I remove the
> files from print$, the server still believes it has those files.
driver files are stored in [print$]. Driver (and printer) information is
stored in $(lockdir)/nt*tdb. You can remvoe drivers from the Samba
server just like you do from NT/2k. Goto the printers folder
from a Win2k client while browsing the Samba server and select
file->server properties. Now goto the driver tab and remove
the desired driver.
Of course, you have to be a printer admin (or root) for this to work.
cheers, jerry
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