[Samba] RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues

[Van Sickler, Jim]

If you have a [print$] section in your
smb.conf, try adding guest ok=yes
and see if that fixes the access problem.
It did for me, yesterday.  I had a problem
where every time I tried to get the printer
properties, either my Win2k spool service or
explorer.exe would crash...others have
noted this entry created/fixed problems
lately.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mak, Ryan [mailto:RMak at wmsgaming.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:19 AM
> To: 'Van Sickler, Jim'
> Subject: RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues
> 
> 
> 
> hi again jim.
> 
> i started from scratch and put in what you've recommended and 
> found that i
> am unable to access my printer share with disable spoolss = 
> yes and/or use
> client driver = yes. another thing i've noticed is a 
> permission problem
> accessing /var/spool/lpd/epson when i chown to daemon.daemon. 
> i've even set
> my login and passsword to the same as the ones on my linux 
> server. could
> this be something related to the fact that i've logged into the local
> machine on the win2k client and not a domain controlled by the samba
> server??
> 
> 
Maybe-do you have a Unix user that the win2k user can be mapped to
in /etc/samba/smbusers?  If not, create an account on the Unix box
and map that to your win2k user.

Do you have "Map to Guest=Bad User" and "guest account=nobody"
in smb.conf?  I actually have "guest account=smb_nobody".  I
created a Unix user named "smb_nobody", with no login allowed
and no home dir.  When I look in my samba logs, smb_nobody shows
up making connections.  If "allow guest=no", then maybe the 
initial IPC$ connection to the printer fails, and your regular user's
connection can't follow.  Just a guess on my part...
You can set the "log level=3" or higher.  Clear the log dir
(rm /var/log/samba/log.*), restart samba, then try to print.
Look in the log dir, and read through the logs to see if anything
shows up about access denied, failures, etc.  That might point
you in a clearer direction.  If/once everything is working, set the
log level back to 1.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Sickler, Jim [mailto:vansickj-eodc at Kaman.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: 'Mak, Ryan'
> Subject: RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues
> 
> 
> What are you using for lpr on the Linux box?
> 
> If it's LPRng, try running:  checkpc -f -V
> to see if LPRng's unhappy,
> 
> testparms |more
> to see if samba has errors.
> 
> On my OpenBSD setup, the printcap entry is:
> 
> LPRng, printing raw to the printers (no filters)
> .common:cm=Common Settings Go Here:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:mx=0:sh:lf=log
> hp4plus:cm=HP4Plus by Graphics PC:tc=.common:rm=10.0.0.101:rp=9100
> 
> Samba's smb.conf entry for the same printer (samba-2.2.5pre)
> 
> [Global]
>         disable spoolss = yes
>         printing = LPRng
>         printcap name = /usr/local/etc/printcap
>         print command = /usr/local/bin/lpr -r -P%p %s
>         lpq command = /usr/local/bin/lpstat %p
>         lprm command = /usr/local/bin/lprm -P%p %j
>         lppause command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc hold %p %j
>         lpresume command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc release %p %j
>         queuepause command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc stop -P%p
>         queueresume command = /usr/local/sbin/lpc start -P%p
> 
> [HP4Plus]
>         comment = HP4Plus by Graphics PC
>         path = /var/spool/samba/hp4plus
>         printable = Yes
>         printer = hp4plus
>         use client driver = yes
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> /var/spool/lpd/hp4plus is chown daemon.daemon, chmod 700
> files within /var/spool/lpd/hp4plus are chown daemon.daemon, chmod 600
> /var/spool/samba/hp4plus is chown root.daemon, chmod 777
> files within are same owner/rights
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> let me know if any of this helps,
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mak, Ryan [mailto:RMak at wmsgaming.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:35 AM
> > To: 'vansickj-eodc at Kaman.com'
> > Subject: RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi.
> > 
> > I have a problem which I am hoping you could shed some light into.
> > I could print everything locally on my linux samba server 
> > machine, the test
> > page from the Win2K client and everything through Visual 
> > Studio on the Win2K
> > client...however, when I tried to print through Win2k 
> > applications such as
> > Notepad, MSWord, etc., it fails. Being able to print a test 
> > page and print
> > through Visual studio shows me that it is not an 
> > authentication or network
> > connection issue especially when smb.conf is setup for 
> > security = share and
> > public = yes inside [printers]. As for permission and 
> > filtering, the default
> > /var/spool/samba directory is used and with print jobs from these
> > applications failing even to make it to the spool directory 
> > (using print
> > command to prove this), i don't think filtering is an issue. 
> > As far as the
> > driver setup on the client, the Win2K client sets up (the add 
> > printer thing)
> > automatically to use, by the way my printer is an Epson Color 
> > Stylus 740,
> > the correct driver and through the samba printer port. Am i missing
> > something?? Any feedback into this frustrating matter will 
> be greatly
> > appreciated!!
> > 
> > Regards.
> > -Ryan
> > 
> > 	----- Original Message ----- From: Van Sickler, Jim
> > <mailto:vansickj-eodc at Kaman.com> To: 'Ryan Mak'
> > <mailto:ryanmak at ameritech.net> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 
> > 10:59 AM Subject:
> > RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues 
> > 	I changed those in the lpd.conf file, with no effect..I'll try 
> > 	printcap.local and see what happens. It's not the retention 
> > 	of the job, as much as the "Paused" status of the job that 
> > 	bugs me. I'd like to see it fixed... 
> > 	Jim 
> > 		-----Original Message-----
> > 		From: Ryan Mak [mailto:ryanmak at ameritech.net]
> > 		Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 5:36 PM
> > 		To: Van Sickler, Jim
> > 		Subject: Re: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues
> > 		
> > 		See the done_jobs and done_jobs_max_age 
> > parameters in the
> > printcap(5) man page for how to modify how many jobs show as 
> > "done" in the
> > queue, or for how long. 
> > 		I added done_jobs=0 to my princap.local file 
> > and it removed
> > the "done" jobs. 
> > 			----- Original Message ----- From: Van 
> > Sickler, Jim
> > <mailto:vansickj-eodc at Kaman.com> To: 'Ryan Mak'
> > <mailto:ryanmak at ameritech.net> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 
> > 3:03 PM Subject:
> > RE: 2.2.x Printing from Win2k-more clues 
> > 			Nope-3.8.12 didn't fix it, and there 
> > hasn't been any
> > traffic on 
> > 			the LPRng list for days. I tinkered 
> > with some of the
> > lpd.conf 
> > 			settings, but it didn't have any 
> > effect. The last
> > job printed is 
> > 			still being left in the lpd directory for the
> > printer. Why it's 
> > 			showing up via Samba as Paused, I have 
> > no idea. I
> > can 
> > 			Cancel the Paused job, and it goes away (lprm
> > deletes it, 
> > 			I think). 
> > 			Maybe 3.8.13 will fix it....maybe not. 
> > 			Jim
> > 
>