[Samba] Windows 2000 printing to public printer
Etienne Tourigny
et at omeo.ca
Mon Feb 10 21:00:12 GMT 2003
Hmmm. found the solution myself.
The best solution is to add the following line to the [printer] section
in smb.conf:
use client driver = yes
This forces the Windows 2000 (and XP?) to properly treat the printer as
a remote device and not locally attached. I found this on
http://www2.sis.pitt.edu/~josephm/tips.html and later in the smb.conf
man page... RTFM!!!!
I believe that adding a [print$] section worked also.
Another solution is in the way to Add the share in Windows 2000. If you
add a NEW local port with name \\server\printer_share then it works like
a charm. Found this solution on
http://www.essenz.com/support/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/Nov/10/208529.html
cheers,
Etienne
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 18:11, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have setup a Linux Samba server with guest access to the printers and
> a share (/tmp). I can access the folder share from a Windows 2000
> Workstation with the guest user all right.
>
> However, when I try to access the printer I get "Access denied, unable
> to connect". The samba log for this machine shows the following error:
>
> ----------
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(251)
> luna (192.168.69.3) couldn't find service
> ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}
> ----------
>
> I have found that the service mentioned is the printer in the Windows
> registry.
>
> If I set log level to 3 I get the following relevant errors:
>
> ----------
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(328)
> setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/service.c:find_service(140)
> checking for home directory ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}
> gave (NULL)
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/service.c:find_service(155)
> checking whether ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} is a valid
> printer name...
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/service.c:find_service(167)
> ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} is not a valid printer name
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/service.c:find_service(209)
> find_service() failed to find service
> ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(251)
> luna (192.168.69.3) couldn't find service
> ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(94)
> error string = No such file or directory
> [2003/02/07 18:07:14, 3] smbd/error.c:error_packet(109)
> error packet at smbd/reply.c(164) cmd=117 (SMBtconX)
> NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
> ----------
>
> However I can access the printer from a Windows 98 station and print.
> This behavior has been reproduced with Mandrake 8.2(samba 2.2.3-10) and
> RedHat 7.3(samba 2.2.7) with Windows 2000 Professional 2195. I have
> also tried an older version of samba(2.2.2) to the same avail. I get
> the same results when using USER security.
>
> Here is my smb.conf:
>
> ----------
> [global]
> workgroup = GROUPE
> server string = Samba Server (gaia)
> security = SHARE
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> log level = 3
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> dns proxy = No
> guest account = pcguest
> hosts allow = 192.168.69. 127.
>
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> guest ok = Yes
> printable = Yes
> browseable = No
>
> [tmp]
> path = /tmp
> public = yes
> writable = no
> printable = no
> ----------
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Etienne
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