[Samba] Access Denied for printer status

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Sat Mar 16 16:14:07 GMT 2002


On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Raymond Blum wrote:

>   I have just set up a server w/RH 7.2 and my Samba installation is
> *mostly* working.  I am sharing files OK and printing but when a Windoze
> 2000 client tries to get printer status (the printers control panel
> info) it displays the message
> 
> 
> "Access Denied, Unable to connect!"
> 
> The same client can browse to, and print to, the printers in question.
> 
> I can "lpq -S <name> -P <name>" from Cygwin, so I assume that the
> problem is in Samba and not in the underlying printer support.
> 
> My configuration is:
> 
> samba is v2.2.1a
> printcap is used for printer defs
> LPRng-3.7.4
> Kernel 2.4.7-10

Upgraded to 2.2.2 (or wait for 2.2.4) and try "use client driver = yes"
assuming that you are not installing the printer drivers on the server.
Or you can try "disable spoolss = yes" in [global] if you don't want to 
serve any printer drivers from samba box.





cheers, jerry
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