[Samba] automatic client side update of printer drivers?

[Christoph Peus]

Hi everybody,

when driver files in samba's print$ share change, the clients don't 
recognize it automatically and continue to use the old driver files. 
This can be a nightmare when you have to change a driver which has been 
downloaded already by 50 clients, because you have to delete the old 
driver on every single client manually (if you do not have an advanced 
networkwide administration tool like M$ SMS.)

Is there any ongoing developement in the samba sourcecode or from 
contributers which could overcome this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
Christoph


PS: From the samba Howto-Collection:

Should your Windows clients have had the old ADOBE*.* files for the 
Adobe PostScript driver installed, the download and installation of the 
new CUPS PostScript driver for Windows NT/200x/XP will fail at first.
You need to wipe the old driver from the clients first. It is not enough
to “delete” the printer, as the driver files will still be kept by the 
clients and re-used if you try to re-install the printer. To really get 
rid of the Adobe driver files on the clients, open the Printers folder 
(possibly via Start > Settings > Control Panel > Printers), right-click 
on the folder background and select Server Properties. When the new 
dialog opens, select the Drivers tab. On the list select the driver you 
want to delete and click the Delete button. This will only work if there 
is not one single printer left that uses that particular driver. You 
need to “delete” all printers using this driver in the Printers folder 
first. You will need Administrator privileges to do this.