[Samba] Why does lpstat run on Solaris Samba 3.0.1?

William Enestvedt William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu
Sun Jan 4 19:57:09 GMT 2004


Hello, all;
   I need help with getting lpstat _not_ to run.
   I'm running Samba 3.0.1 on a Sun Solaris 8 server to share out a few print queues, and it works a treat. I also run a print spooler & job management product called Xi-Text, which displaces several of the stock lp* binaries; their implementation of lpstat (among other programs) doesn't completely replicate Sun's version.
   As a result, I get entries in my smbd.log file when I connect with the username wenestvedt to send a job to a printer named pvdpar03lz02 like this:

-----start log.smbd entry-----
[2004/01/04 13:30:15, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(705)
  wenestvedt (192.168.59.84) connect to service pvdpar03lz02 initially as user nobody (uid=60001, gid=60001) (pid 10789)
Sorry - '-o' option not supported yet
-----start log.smbd entry-----

   That last line, incidentally, is also what a command line invocation of lpstat will get you with Xi-Text installed. If I invoke the original, now-renamed lpstat command, I get a complaint that the "lp system isn't running."
   So where does Samba call lpstat to produce those log entries, and how can I make it not run? I don't honestly need it, because I have other tools to get the status of my printers...but does Samba need it?
  Thanks for any advice.
-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI


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