[Samba] Fail to "Connect to printer"

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Vizitiu, Ciprian CVizitiu at gbif.org wrote on Samba-Digest:

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>>From the samba server:
> 
> [root at ka W32X86]# rpcclient ka -U root -c "enumprinters"
> Password:
> cmd = enumprinters
>         flags:[0x800000]
>         name:[\\ka\IBM Infoprint 1222]
>         description:[\\ka\IBM Infoprint 1222,,IBM Infoprint 1222]
>         comment:[IBM Infoprint 1222]
> 
> [root at ka W32X86]# rpcclient ka -U root -c "enumdrivers"
> Password:
> cmd = enumdrivers
> 
> [Windows NT x86]
> Printer Driver Info 1:
>         Driver Name: [AGFA-AccuSet v52.3]
> 
> Printer Driver Info 1:
>         Driver Name: [IBM Infoprint 1222]
> 
> Yet if I click "connect" for that printer in a XP SP1 WS (that belongs to
> that domain) I get the well known error "The server for the printer does not
> have the correct printer driver installed..."
> 
> Any hints?

At that very moment, under which user's account are you connected in
Samba's point of view? Check by using "smbstatus"... Is it an account
priviledged enough to administer printers and write to the [print$]
share?

Cheers,
Kurt