[Samba] OT(?): Poll: how big is your environment

[thomas_tiedtke at de.schindler.com]

Hi Mathias,

the main idea was to use the LANMAN printing protocol instant of the 
SPOOLSS for the clients.

In the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit i have found some VBS Scripts and 
a DLL to automate the actions of the MS Add Printer Wizzard. The tools are 
able to install a printer driver, a LANMAN port to a printer or server 
printer and to add a printer to the client.... Also, you can install 
printer on a server with this tools!

This tools are only working for Windows 2000 and not for NT!

Now we are must know some things:

1. the Name of the printer share
2. the printer model
3. the place of the printer driver
4. the inf file for printer driver installation

Points 1. and 2. are known form the printer setup on the sever (I am plan 
to still using the Add printer wizzard for the server setup). The points 3 
and 4 i will solve by putting a table on the server (by a shell script, 
that enum the inf files - must be run by hand, if you are add a new driver 
model). Maybe like:

Printer Model#path to printer driver#name of inf file

Now we have all info´s!

The add printer script that are used by samba build a another table like:

Name of Printer connection#Printer Model#path to printer driver#name of 
inf file

This table will be used the client!
The client run at netlogon some batch files there are get the selected 
printer for the client and grep the nessary infos form the second table 
and script the info´s into the VBS scripts.  ... and finished!
One Problem: you must check, if the printer to add on the client is all 
ready installed! ... But there is a listprinter VBS.

Ok! I have tested the VBS scripts ... that works! I have to write the 
shell script and the samba used script to generate the two tables. The 
client Batch files are roughly finished! 

I you are interested in this solution give my a message! I will send all 
infos of the MS tools and - if i have finished - the unix scripts and the 
MS batch files.

By the way:
we are using HP/UX too ... 10.20 on 7 sites with round about 600+ 
users/clients. At the time e are in a migration phase: We are move the 
clients from W95 to W2000.

Regards, Thomas

PS. Göttingen? You are too at the Samba eXPerience 2002 in Göttingen?





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thomas_tiedtke at de.schindler.com wrote:
>
>  nice idea Mathias ... Regards Thomas


> Architecture:
>         [ ]     x86
>         [X]     other (PA-RISC)
>
> Operating System:
>         [ ]     linux
>         [ ]     any BSD
>         [X]     commercial unix (HP/UX 10.20)



Now THAT was the one I was waiting for!!!

I have this task to automate the installation of printer drivers on some
20 samba servers running on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00, each of them serves
the SAME 70 printers (sort of load balancing... only sort of...) and
anything with a reasonable amount of interaction is out of the question.
Best 'the big ones' would like was something which could run from cron,
or get rsync'ed around every night.
And while imprints *sounds* goot to me,
1. samba rpc spoolss stuff fails horribly where you have more than a
handful of printers, and
2. unicode<->ascii translation seems to be broken, the list of driver
files gets lost in the process...

you got any hints for me?


bye,
        MH

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