[Samba] Cups printing works but status is always Access Denied

[Karl Banasky]

I use Cups here and the install has been with out fail.  Some oddities with XP but I figure that is cause I am not forking the doe out, no worries thou, it all works fabulously well.  I have Caldera 3.1.1  with CUPS 1.1.19.   Also with the smb 
My suggestion is to use these settings:

[global] 
        printer admin = karl
        printing = cups
        printcap name = lpstat (this is the proper one per some cups document I read)
        load printers = yes

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        guest ok = yes
        browseable = no
        public = yes
        writable = no
        printable = yes
        printer admin = (user or @group name)

If you would like to add drivers put this in:

[print$]
        comment = Printer Drivers
        path = /etc/samba.d/drivers (path were driver will be located)
        guest ok = no
        write list = (user or @group name)
        writable = no
        browsable = yes

Review this for the right directories to setup and the cool cups utility to add drivers.  A little time is required and so smooth when done.
http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#CUPS

Hope that assists you.  
Karl-


>>  I have a RedHat 9 installation running XFS.
 >>  Cups 1.1.17-13 is installed

 >>  I have compiled and installed Samba 2.2.8a and everything appears to be
 >>  working apart from a minor printing problem.
 >>  After I have installed a printer on my Win2K workstation I can print via
 >>  samba to the cups printer using the windows PCL print driver and it works
 >>  fine.
 >>  However the printer status is always 'Access denied, unable to connect'.

 >>  I get the following entries in the log file for my machine :-

 >>  [2003/06/10 12:28:24, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_printername_ok(388)
 >>  Unable to get printer status for
 >>  ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} - client-error-not-found
 >>  [2003/06/10 12:28:24, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(252)
 >>  gb-desktop (192.168.1.250) couldn't find service
 >>  ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d}

 >>  My samba configuration :-

 >>  [global]
 >>  workgroup = ASCOT
 >>  netbios name = DIBBLER
 >>  server string = SAMBA-LDAP PDC Server
 >>  encrypt passwords = Yes
 >>  passwd program = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-passwd.pl -o %u
 >>  passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *successfully*
 >>  unix password sync = Yes

 >>  log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
 >>  log level = 5 ; remember to lower the log level in real life :-)
 >>  max log size = 0


 >>  socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

 >>  domain logons = Yes
 >>  os level = 80
 >>  preferred master = False
 >>  domain master = True
 >>  dns proxy = No
 >>  wins support = Yes

 >>  ; SAMBA-LDAP declarations
 >>  ldap suffix = dc=ASCOT.WEBSCREEN-TECHNOLOGY,dc=COM
 >>  ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=ASCOT.WEBSCREEN-TECHNOLOGY,dc=COM
 >>  ldap port = 389
 >>  ldap server = 127.0.0.1
 >>  ldap ssl = No

 >>  load printers = yes
 >>  printing = cups
 >>  printcap name = cups

 >>  ; Deactivate opportunistic locks (wised)
 >>  ; opLocks = False
 >>  ; encoding to french
 >>  ; character set = iso8859-1

 >>  ; using smbldap-tools to add machines
 >>  add user script = /usr/local/sbin/smbldap-useradd.pl -w %u
 >>  ; users and groups allowed to be 'Domain Admins'
 >>  domain admin group = " @"Domain Admins" "

 >>  [homes]
 >>  comment = Home Directories
 >>  valid users = %S
 >>  read only = No
 >>  create mask = 0664
 >>  directory mask = 0775
 >>  browseable = No

 >>  [netlogon]
 >>  comment = Network Logon Service
 >>  path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon
 >>  guest ok = Yes

 >>  [profiles]
 >>  path = /data/profiles
 >>  writeable = yes
 >>  browseable = no
 >>  create mode = 0644
 >>  directory mode = 0755
 >>  guest ok = yes

 >>  [samba]
 >>  path=/data/samba
 >>  writable                = yes
 >>  force create mode       = 660
 >>  force directory mode    = 770
 >>  create mode             = 660
 >>  directory mode          = 770
 >>  mangle case             = yes
 >>  case sensitive          = no
 >>  default case            = lower
 >>  preserve case           = yes
 >>  short preserve case     = no
 >>  valid users             = @users
 >>  force group             = users

 >>  [printers]
 >>  comment = All Printers
 >>  path = /var/spool/samba
 >>  printable = Yes
 >>  browseable = No
 >>  public = yes
 >>  guest ok = yes
 >>  writable = no
 >>  printer admin = root


 >>  --
 >>  Gareth Blades
 >>  Webscreen Technology
 >>  Index House
 >>  St Georges Lane
 >>  Ascot, Berkshire
 >>  SL5 7EU, UK
 >>  Tel +44 (0) 1344 636339
 >>  http://www.webscreen-technology.com


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