[Samba] Samba 3.0.0, CUPS support - "Unable to open printcap file cups for read!"

[Fran Fabrizio]

A couple more data points:

# smbclient //ds119b/ps4
Password:
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
# 

The syslog shows this as a result:

Dec  9 13:46:47 ds119b smbd[21284]: [2003/12/09 13:46:47,
0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_printername_ok(282)
Dec  9 13:46:47 ds119b smbd[21284]:   Unable to open printcap file cups
for read!
Dec  9 13:46:47 ds119b smbd[21284]: [2003/12/09 13:46:47, 0]
smbd/service.c:make_connection(850)
Dec  9 13:46:47 ds119b smbd[21284]:   ds119b (192.168.2.232) couldn't
find service ps4

I can successfully print to this printer from the samba linux host via
the standard lpr -Pps4 approach.  I checked my cupsd.conf to make sure
it had a Printcap = /etc/printcap and PrintcapFormat = BSD entries and
it does.  The generated /etc/printcap has only one non-comment line,
"ps4:".  

-Fran


On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 13:40, Fran Fabrizio wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've compiled Samba 3.0.0 with CUPS support.  I verified this:
> 
> # ldd /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbd
>  *snip*
>  libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcups.so.2 (0x400dc000)     
>  *snip*
> 
> My smb.conf was copied from the HOWTO and the relevant sections look
> like:
> 
> [global]
> 
>  *snip*
> 
>   # print support
>   load printers = yes
>   printing = cups
>   printcap name = cups
>   
> *snip*
> 
> [printers]
>   comment = All Printers
>   path = /var/spool/samba
>   browseable = no
>   public = yes
>   guest ok = yes
>   writable = no
>   printable = yes
>   printer admin = root, @ntadmins
> 
> 
> I log into the domain on an XP Pro client using the root account, and if
> I try to browse to the printer via My Computer --> My Network Places -->
> Entire Network --> MyDomain --> ds119b (this is my samba server) -->
> Printers and Faxes, it comes up blank.  If I try to directly access the
> printer via \\ds119b\MyPrinterName, it gets stuck in a loop.  In both
> cases, I am getting errors like this:
> 
> Dec  9 13:38:17 ds119b smbd[21244]: [2003/12/09 13:38:17,
> 0] printing/pcap.c:pcap_printername_ok(282)
> Dec  9 13:38:17 ds119b smbd[21244]:   Unable to open printcap file cups
> for read!
> 
> Any ideas?  Thanks!
> 
> -Fran
> 
> 
> 
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