Samba 2.2.2 printing: uploading drivers ok, ERROR when trying to hit ok. NOT APW

[Gerald Carter]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Bryan Fetzer wrote:

> Let me start off by saying I have been looking for the
> solution to this problem for 3-4 weeks now and have
> gained no ground. I have a better understanding of the
> new printing features, but cannot solve this problem.
> I have created a Unix printer on Linux Mandrake 8.1. I
> then created a Samba printer..... So I'm not trying to
> use the Add Printer Wizard, I am simply trying to
> upload drivers (which is working) and set them for the
> printer (which is not working). I am using the default
> location for the print$ share
> (/var/lib/samba/printers). Here's what happens, I
> upload the driver for an already setup printer and
> everything looks like it's going to work I hit
> apply/ok and get the following error in Windows 2000
> "Printer settings could not be saved. Access is
> denied."

Are you connected to the Samba server (a) root, or
(b) a "printer admin"?  This should be outlined
in the Printing chapter of the HOWTO.  If it's not
clear, let me know.


> What am I being denied access to? I can read/write to
> the print$ share if I browse to it using
> \\-servername-\print$.

Probably access to the write to the various printing TDB's.

> I can see that the printer drivers are uploaded
> because when I browse to \\-servername-\print$ the
> drivers are there. I have done a chmod 777 all over
> the place because at this point I dont' care about
> security I just wanna see the thing work. I have also
> tried setting the drivers from an NT4 box to no avail.





chau, jerry
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