[Samba] Problem on APW Drivers Install

[Renaud.Leroy at i-carre.net]

Nothing NEW.

I can't even ...

" ....be presented with the printer properties window. From
here, the way to assign a driver to a printer is open to us. You now have
the choice of: 
	*	Select a driver from the pop-up list of installed drivers.
Initially this list will be empty. 
	*	Click on New Driver to install a new printer"


I had my account to smbusers with root..


Nothing more..






what's wrong ?

please help






-----Message d'origine-----
De : Renaud.Leroy at i-carre.net [mailto:Renaud.Leroy at i-carre.net]
Envoyé : jeudi 1 juillet 2004 11:47
À : samba at lists.samba.org
Objet : [Samba] Problem on APW Drivers Install


I'm using this doc and i want to install drivers dor ARM350U (Sharp) on my
samba server.

<http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/howto/printing.html#id2548605>


		Required permissions
		In order to add a new driver to your Samba host, one of two
conditions must hold true: 
			*	The account used to connect to the Samba
host must have a UID of 0 (i.e., a root account). 
			*	The account used to connect to the Samba
host must be named in the printer adminlist. 
		Of course, the connected account must still have write
access to add files to the subdirectories beneath [print$]. Remember that
all file shares are set to "read-only" by default. 

I'm connecting from a XP SP1 Test Workstation, under id in the printer admin
group...
I'm not very familiar with Windows Stuff.. but i ask the Win Admin in which
group am i..



So..

I change on the samba server the rights at /var/lib/samba3/printers/W32X86
to 777

This directory is in my smb.conf, used to store drivers ( [print$] ).
 
Open Network Neighborhood or My Network Places and browse for the Samba
host. Once you have located the server, navigate to its Printers and Faxes
folder. You should see an initial listing of printers that matches the
printer shares defined on your Samba host... 

	*	Running a GUI (Printer Properties and Add Printer Wizard)
from any Windows NT/200x/XP client workstation. 
The latter option is probably the easier one (even if the process may seem a
little bit weird at first). 



Open the Windows Explorer, open Network Neighborhood, browse to the Samba
host, open Samba's Printers folder, right-click on the printer icon and
select Properties.... You are now trying to view printer and driver
properties for a queue that has this default NULL driver assigned. This will
result in the following error message: 
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? 





(the error message is the same ,but in French)


Do not click on Yes! Instead, click on No in the error dialog. 
I click on NO...  







Only now you will be presented with the printer properties window. From
here, the way to assign a driver to a printer is open to us. You now have
the choice of: 
	*	Select a driver from the pop-up list of installed drivers.
Initially this list will be empty. 
	*	Click on New Driver to install a new printer driver (which
will start up the APW). 
I navigate in the tabs  and i can't see any options to select a driver from
the pop-up list or a « New driver » ...

Maybe is this a problem of rights of my account ?
On   the Windows Domain ? ????

Thanks for your help by advance.







Could it be something like this.. ?

Windows 200x/XP "Local Security Policies"
Local Security Policies may not allow the installation of unsigned drivers.
"Local Security Policies" may not allow the installation of printer drivers
at all.



Win XP-SP1
Win XP-SP1 introduced a Point and Print Restriction Policy (this restriction
does not apply to "Administrator" or "Power User" groups of users). In Group
Policy Object Editor, go to User Configuration -> Administrative Templates
-> Control Panel -> Printers. The policy is automatically set to Enabled and
the Users can only Point and Print to machines in their Forest . You
probably need to change it to Disabled or Users can only Point and Print to
these servers to make driver downloads from Samba possible. 


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