[Samba] Samba 2.2.5 and printers

[Joel Hammer]

This may be of interest. It comes from man smb.conf

guest account (S)
This  is  a username which will be used for access to services which
are specified as guest ok (see below). Whatever privileges this user
has  will be  available  to  any client  connecting to the guest service.
Typically this user will exist in the pass- word file, but will not have a
valid login. The user account "ftp" is  often  a  good choice  for this
parameter. If a username is specified in a given service, the speci-
fied username overrides this one.

One some systems the default guest account "nobody" may not be able
to  print.  Use another  account in this case. You should test this by
trying to log in as your guest user (perhaps by using the su - command)
and trying to print using the  system  print command such as lpr(1)
or  lp(1).

Default: specified at compile time, usually "nobody"

Example: guest account = ftp                      

Joel


On Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 05:10:17PM +0200, r_ducomun at netcourrier.com wrote:
> I'm currently having a problem with the new released Samba 2.2.5: I cannot print anymore on my shared printer. What is strange is that It worked fine with samba 2.2.4, but now I got an access denied whenever I try to access the printer...
> 
> /var/spool/lpd/samba is chmod 777 and the username is in the group lp
> 
> Here is part of my smb.conf:
> [global]
>         workgroup = HOME
>         netbios name = BOB
>         server string = %h server (Samba %v)
>         interfaces = 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0
>         os level = 65
>         preferred master = True
>         local master = yes
>         domain master = auto
>         wins support = yes
>         dns proxy = No
>         invalid users = root
>         printing = lprng
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/lpd/samba
>         printer admin = @lp
>         read only = Yes
>         create mask = 0755
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         print ok = yes
>         print command = /usr/bin/lpr  -P%p -r %s
>         lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq  -P%p
>         lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
>         lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold %p %j
>         lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release %p %j
>         queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc  -P%p stop
>         queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc -P%p start
>         browseable = No
> [epson660]
>         comment = Epson Stylus color 660
>         path = /var/spool/lpd/samba
>         printer admin = @lp
>         read only = No
>         create mask = 0755
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         print ok = yes
>         use client driver = yes
>         printer name = epson660
> 
> 
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