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

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:

> Fran Fabrizio wrote:
> 
> >>I have set "Printcap /dev/null" in cupsd.conf and re-started cupsd
> >>first then smbd. Guess what? "smbclient -L localhost" still lists all
> >>my printers! And I can still print from my Windows apps. (I can't
> >>print anymore from OpenOffice, since that one *does* look for a
> >>printcap....)
> > 
> > 
> > In desperation I tried "printcap = /etc/printcap" even though the
> > HOWTO recommended "printcap = cups" and Kurt's advice above is that
> > you could even redirect to /dev/null.  Guess what, it worked.  At
> > least on my install, it seems to require that you do have a real, live
> > printcap even for CUPS printing support.  I then added another printer
> > via the redhat printer config tool, which added it to CUPS.  I
> > restarted smb and the new printer showed up on my Windows clients.  
> > So, the residual question is why does it require a real printcap file
> > even under CUPS support?
> 
> I think you should submit a bug report to http://bugzilla.samba.org/

CUPS works fine for me here.  No dummy printcap needed.  Something 
else is funny with that configuration.







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cheers, jerry
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