[Samba] Printing problem - Spooled files won't print

Thu Sep 19 10:27:00 GMT 2002

Which printing system are you using?
Have you looked at the printing logs on the server for clues?
Have you considered putting the nawk script into the print filter of the
queue and using a simpler print command in samba?
Shouldn't there be some reference in the samba logs to calling nawk?
Is this a problem for all your samba related printing, or just this one
queue?
Have you run testparm?
Joel

On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 12:04:53PM +0200, P-O Yliniemi wrote:
> 
> 
> I have dropped the 'nawk' command (again) and there is no difference. Can't
> find anything in the Samba logs telling me about the execution of the print
> command. 
> 
> The purpose of using 'nawk' was to remove windows-trash from the postscript
> file.
> 
> >From /var/logs/samba.smb:
> 
> ...
> Processing other sections...
> ...
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] param/loadparm.c:do_section(2241)
>   Processing section "[pagepro6]"
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] smbd/server.c:main(716)
>   Changed root to /
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] smbd/reply.c:reply_special(96)
>   netbios connect: name1=SOLARISBOX-1     name2=LATITUDE
> 
> >From /var/logs/samba.latitude:
> 
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection(521)
>   latitude (172.16.0.6) connect to service pagepro6 as user samba (uid=1006, gid=1) (pid 4857)
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(582)
>   samba opened file SAMBA.mZaiFj read=No write=Yes (numopen=1)
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 0] smbd/nttrans.c:call_nt_transact_ioctl(2387)
>   call_nt_transact_ioctl: Currently not implemented.
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] locking/locking_shm.c:shm_del_share_mode(355)
>   del_share_modes Deleting share mode entry dev=1980085 ino=120965
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] locking/locking_shm.c:shm_del_share_mode(376)
>   del_share_modes num entries = 0, deleting share_mode dev=1980085 ino=120965
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(165)
>   samba closed file SAMBA.mZaiFj (numopen=0)
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(582)
>   samba opened file SAMBA.nZaiFj read=No write=Yes (numopen=1)
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] locking/locking_shm.c:shm_del_share_mode(355)
>   del_share_modes Deleting share mode entry dev=1980085 ino=120965
> [2002/09/19 12:02:27, 2] locking/locking_shm.c:shm_del_share_mode(376)
>   del_share_modes num entries = 0, deleting share_mode dev=1980085 ino=120965
> 
> The only suspect line is " call_nt_transact_ioctl: Currently not implemented."
> but the spool file is created and works
> 
> /PeO
> 
> > Is there a reason you don't use the simpler command in your smb.conf?
> > Could this be a permissions problem? (nawk won't work for your smb user).
> > What do you see in your smb logs?
> > I forget my nawk, but, it seems that nawk is just deleting any extraneous
> > lines in your postscript print files. Is that necessary?
> > 
> > Joel
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 03:51:16AM +0200, P-O Yliniemi wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have some trouble getting files printed on my Solaris 8 machine running
> > > Samba 2.0.5.
> > > 
> > > The client is a winxp installed laptop, the printer is configured as a
> > > postscript printer (Minolta PagePro 12 PS), although it is a PCL printer
> > > (Minolta PagePro 6).
> > > 
> > > >From the client side, everything works as it is supposed to, and when I check
> > > in the selected spool directory for Samba printers, I find the spooled printouts:
> > > 
> > > solarisbox-1:[/var/spool/samba]# ls -l
> > > total 176
> > > -rwxr--r--   1 samba    other      28851 Sep 19 03:23 SAMBA.2Wa40i
> > > -rwxr--r--   1 samba    other      60073 Sep 19 03:22 SAMBA.9HayZi
> > > solarisbox-1:[/var/spool/samba]#
> > > 
> > > I can print the files manually using the command
> > > 
> > > /usr/bin/lp -c -o nobanner -T postscript -d pagepro6 SAMBA.2Wa40i
> > > 
> > > or, as I have found somewhere (this is in my smb.conf)
> > > /usr/bin/nawk '/^%!PS/, /^%%EOF/' SAMBA.2Wa40i | /usr/bin/lp -c -o nobanner -T postscript -d pagepro6
> > > 
> > > .. the only problem is that it seems like the "print command" is never executed
> > > once a print request arrives.
> > > 
> > > The complete contents of my smb.conf (that has to do with printing) follows:
> > > 
> > > [global]
> > >         debug level = 2
> > > ...
> > >         log file=/var/log/samba.%m
> > > ...
> > >         printing = bsd
> > >         printcap name = /etc/printers.conf
> > >         load printers = yes
> > > ...
> > > ...disk shares...
> > > [printers]
> > >         comment = "All printers"
> > >         path = /var/spool/samba
> > >         browseable = no
> > >         printable = yes
> > >         public = yes
> > >         writable = no
> > >         create mode = 0700
> > > [pagepro6]
> > >         path = /var/spool/samba
> > >         printer name = pagepro6
> > >         writable = yes
> > >         public = yes
> > >         printable = yes
> > >         print command = /usr/bin/nawk '/^%!PS/, /^%%EOF/' %s | /usr/bin/lp -c -o nobanner -T postscript -d %p; rm -f %s
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Any suggestion besides sett ing up a cron job to print everything in
> > > the spool directory every minute or so, but this isn't the optimal
> > > solution to the problem ?
> > > 
> > > /PeO
> > > 
> > > 
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