[Samba] Using print$ / timeouts to port 445...

[Ken Kleiner]

Hi...
 
  I have set up my smb.conf to use the print$ directive, and have shared
3 printers.  I sucesfully added the printer drivers to the host, and can
use them.  But - opening up the printer connection from the windows host
is slow, and causes the printer 'status' window to say 'initializing'.

  While that happens, my samba.log shows :

2003/07/29 16:44:40, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(327)
  Allowed connection from  (myipaddress)
[2003/07/29 16:45:02, 1] lib/util_sock.c:open_socket_out(860)
  timeout connecting to (myipaddress):445
[2003/07/29 16:45:22, 1] libsmb/cliconnect.c:cli_connect(782)
  Error connecting to (myipaddress) (Operation already in progress)
[2003/07/29 16:45:22, 0] rpc_client/cli_spoolss_notify.c:spoolss_connect_to_client(91)
  connect_to_client: unable to connect to SMB server on machine MACHINE-NAME. Error was : SUCCESS - 0.
[2003/07/29 16:45:22, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(327)
  Allowed connection from  (myipaddress)

  I see that port 445 is MICROSOFT-DS, but am wondering how/why I can change 
this?  

  I know I can set disable spoolss = yes in smb.conf, but that obviously
breaks the auto driver download.  Breaking the auto driver download doesn't
allow a normal domain user to add a printer, as they get ' not sufficient access
to local machine to add printer '.

  Thanks for any help you can shed on this...

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Ken Kleiner
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Umass Lowell

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