[Samba] samba3 and cups printserver

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>> RE: [Samba] samba3 and cups printserver
>>
>>     * To: samba at listsdotsambadotorg
>>     * Subject: RE: [Samba] samba3 and cups printserver
>>     * From: Ken Walker <kendotwalker at textilesdotumistdotacdotuk>
>>     * Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:49:23 -0000
>>
>> smbd invalid option --b
>>
>> and -b isnt in man smbd
>>
>> ?
>>
> 
> That means you are trying to run a version 2.2.x smbd.
> 
> "-b" is one of the cool new (commandline-)options I discovered
> shipping with Samba-3.
> 
> 
>   cups-demo: # smbd --help
>   Usage: smbd [OPTION...]
>   [....]
>     -b, --build-options                Print build options
>   [....]
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Kurt
> 

Ooops -- I hit the "Send" button too early....

Another means to know if CUPS support is compiled in is provided by
"ldd" (certainly on Linux platforms); it "lists dynamic dependencies":

cups-demo: # ldd `which smbd` | grep cups
         libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcups.so.2 (0x40195000)

Cheers,
Kurt