[Samba] Windows XP and Samba 2.2.7a Print drivers--they upload fine, but driver list for printers is emtpy.
D. Aaron McCaleb
amccaleb at reed-engineering.com
Fri Jan 10 17:10:01 GMT 2003
I am logged on as a domain admin and printer admin.
I have created and assigned the correct rights to /srv/printers and have
created W32X86 and WIN40 subdirectories. I was able to go into server
properties and upload all the necessary drivers. When I right click on the
printer and say "No." to "Printer driver not installed, do you want to
install the driver now?" the drivers list in the Advanced tab is empty. I
can't choose from the printer drivers I've uploaded.
This is the correct procedure, according to "Samba Essentials for Windows
Administrators" (A book that I don't really recommend, BTW... It only
focuses on SWAT and Webmin as management tools...and just glosses over the
config files.). Here is my relevant globals, printers, and print$ sections
from smb.conf:
domain admin group = root
printer admin = root
printing = lprng
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
printable = yes
browseable = yes
printer admin = root @users
[print$]
path = /srv/printers
guest ok = yes
browseable = yes
read only = yes
write list = root
Any ideas what's wrong? Is this an "XP Thang"? And if so, other than
setting up an NT box (which really isn't an option), is there a suitable
workaround?
Thanks!
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