[Samba] Problem with print$

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Lloyd Dieter <dieter at snrgy.com> wrote:


> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:41:50 -0500
> From: Lloyd Dieter <dieter at snrgy.com>
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Organization: Synergy, Inc.
> Subject: [Samba] Problem with print$
> 
> Ok...I'm stuck.
> 
> Environment:
> 
> Suse 8.0, with Samba 2.2.3a, no domain controller (workgroup only).
> 
> Client machine is NT4 Workstation, SP5.
> 
> Access to disk shares is fine, no problems, using encrypted PWs.
> 
> I'm trying to set up a [print$] share, as described in chapter 6 of the
> Samba-HOWTO-Collection.

Maybe you should *really* use for the share [print$], not [printer$]
in your smb.conf......     ;-)

> The symptom that I get is that when I attempt to load the driver to the
> print$ share, I get a "copy error" on the NT machine, which seems to
> indicate a problem with the source.  Yet, I can install the driver from
> this location directly on the NT machine without a problem.  When this
> appears, no files are put in the print$ share.
> 
> It looked to me like a permissions problem, so that is how I have been
> approaching it, but to no avail. The location for print$ is
> /etc/samba/drivers, owned by root:root, with 777 access, including the
> parent directories.
> 
> I though perhaps the ownership by root was as issue, so I also tried a
> directory owned by ldieter:users, which is how I am connecting (ldieter is
> an admin account on the NT box), but saw the same problem.
> 
> The relevant part of my smb.conf is below...any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Lloyd
> 
> # Global parameters
> [global]
>         workgroup = LANGROUP
>         interfaces = 192.168.5.2/24
>         security = SHARE
>         encrypt passwords = Yes
>         socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
>         printcap name = cups
>         character set = ISO8859-15
>         os level = 2
>         printer admin = @ntadmin, ldieter
>         printing = cups
>         use client driver = Yes
> 
> [printers]
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printer admin = root
>         guest ok = Yes
>         hosts allow = 192.168.5.
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
> 
> [printer$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /etc/samba/drivers
>         write list = root, @ntadmin, ldieter
>         guest ok = Yes
>         browseable = yes
>         readonly = yes
>