Success! (was Re: [Samba] samba print server

[Clayton Slaughter]

Hello ,

I guess I'm talking to myself but I finally got the printer to work
changing to security = share.

My home directories still require authentication. I guess security =
user doesn't permit printers to be active.

I'm headed to replace the redhat with gentoo so that I can have just
the right amount of software on the server and move my file server to
another box with a fat hard drive.

I would like to understand why security = user won't permit me to
secure the printers. I'm on a private home network of 7 computers so
it really doesn't matter with the firewall in place.

Here's my smb.conf:
#======================= Global Settings =====================================
[global]

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
   workgroup = SLAUGHTERHOUSE

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = UTILITY

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
;   printcap name = /etc/printcap
;   load printers = yes

# added from doc:
;   printing = bsd
   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = yes
;   log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
;   lock directory = /var/lock/samba

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 0

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See
# security_level.txt for details.
;   security = user
    security = share

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read
# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.
# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents
   encrypt passwords = yes
   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details
;   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names
# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,
# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.
   dns proxy = no 


#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no
   writable = yes
   valid users = %S
   create mode = 0664
   directory mode = 0775


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to 
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
   comment = All Printers
;   path = /var/spool/lpd/lp
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
;   public = yes
;   create mode = 0700
;    guest ok = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes



   end smb.conf

   I changed 2 things: I removed the socket line and changed security
   to share.
  

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See Ya,
 Clayton                          mailto:71431.174 at compuserve.com