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

[Kurt Pfeifle]

> [Samba] Samba 3.0.0, CUPS support - "Unable to open printcap file cups for read!"
> Fran Fabrizio fran at cis.uab.edu
> Tue Dec 9 20:06:56 GMT 2003
> 
> 
> A couple more data points:
> 
> # smbclient //ds119b/ps4
> Password:
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
> # 
> 

It means Samba doesn't know about a printer share named "ps4"
(nor a file share of that 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!

This message might be bogus in your context and not lead to
your real problem...

> 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
> 

See?

> 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. 

Have you also checked your smb.conf for an entry of

    "load printers = yes"

??

> The generated /etc/printcap has only one non-comment line,
> "ps4:".  
> 

That's OK.

> -Fran