[Samba] Samba printer: Access denied, unable to connect

[The Ben]

Hi there,
in my opinion you have to set the parameter.

printing = cups and not = bsd, 

hope it helps.

CU Ben

Am Mon, 2003-09-22 um 17.54 schrieb Mark Liu:

> I have Samba 2.2.8a on my Red Hat 9 as the Primary
> Domain Controller. 
>  
> I can print everything pretty well from my Red Hat 9
> box. 
>  
> I can logon to Samba-controlled domain METRAN from my
> XP boxes, and I can also 
> see the shared printer - smbLPR, which is a HP
> LaserJet 4si.  But the status 
> of the shared printer is "Access denied, unable to
> connect". 
>  
> If I double click it, XP says: 
>  
> A policy is in effect on your computer which prevents
> you from connecting to 
> this print queue. Please contact your system
> administrator. 
>  
> I followed the instructions at
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319939 and 
> enabled point and print.  But the problem remains. 
>  
> Here is the part of my smb.conf which has to do with
> the printer setting.  
> Please note that I have to use lpr.cups on my Red Hat
> system to print 
> anything. lpr does not work. 
>  
> [smbLPR] 
>         path = /var/tmp 
>         printable = Yes 
>         printing = bsd 
>         print command = lpr.cups -P%p -r %s 
>         printer name = mySambaPrinter 
>  
> Any idea on how to fix this? 
>  
> 
>