[Samba] Samba 2.2.8a & Cups 1.1.17 - point'n'print fails

[Pauli Borodulin]

Hello,

I just can't get point'n'print working correctly. Every time I double 
click printer, Windows (2k, NT) fails to install the drivers from print$ 
-share. I'm trying to use a generic postscript driver provided with Cups 
(modified MS Postscript driver). Linux distribution in use is Redhat.

I have first set Cups working and printed test page with it - no 
problems. Then I added required shares and settings to Samba for 
printing. I used smbclient and rpcclient (rpcclient version 3.0.0rc3 
because 2.2.x -version is buggy) to manually install the needed driver 
files for the printer and tested installation with commands provided in 
Samba 3.0 howto - everything seems to be correct. I'm also able to print 
from clients if I install local driver by hand.

When I open properties for printer in w2k, Windows reports that "Device 
settings cannot be displayed. The driver for the specified printer is 
not installed. Only spooler properties will be displayed. Do you want to 
install the driver now?". I can see the name of the driver in Advanced -tab.

If I open 'Server Properties' from Printers -window, I can see that the 
driver has actually been installed. Version is reported to be "Windows 
NT 4.0 or 2000". I can also see the properties for the driver and it 
lists all required files (cups.hlp, cupsui.dll, cupsdrvr.dll and 
ppd-file for the printer). I discovered this while trying different 
Samba / Cups -combinations.

I get next line quite often when trying with combination Samba 3.0.0rc3 
& Cups 1.1.19 when trying to access the printer, but I'm not sure how 
it's related -- increasing the log level made it disappear if I recall 
correctly.

[2003/09/13 03:19:24, 0] lib/util_str.c:safe_strcpy_fn(573)
   ERROR: NULL dest in safe_strcpy

Any ideas, hints, suggestions etc. are welcome. :-)


Regards,
-- 
Pauli Borodulin <pauli.borodulin at uta.fi>