[Samba] Samba, CUPS and Windows Printer Queue

[Collins, Kevin]

David, thanks for the response.

I don't believe this is our problem...I'm not having Samba lock-up (or at
least not yet); I'm simply seeing every print job that has past though the
Samba/CUPS queue remain in the Windows printer queue.

Things _seem_ to be otherwise unaffected, this may change and I may indeed
experience a lock-up in the end, but I haven't yet.

Kevin


> Hi,
> 
> I cannot help you, but we have experienced a similar problem 
> with 3.0.2a running on Solaris and cups. 
> 
> Old print jobs remain in the queue, connection to the 
> printers is lost, and worse, samba crashes for the user, 
> causing Outlook to lock up. As a quick fix we have deleted 
> the printing lock files in /usr/local/samba/var/locks.
> 
> Samba.org have said it may be bug 1147, and recommend 
> upgrading to 3.0.5. If you find anything else I would be interested.
> 
> David
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Collins, Kevin [mailto:KCollins at nesbittengineering.com]
> Sent: 26 July 2004 12:51
> To: samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [Samba] Samba, CUPS and Windows Printer Queue
> 
> 
> I've had a Samba 3.0.2 Print Server running for nearly 7 
> months now without too much of a hitch on RedHat Enterprise 
> "ES" 3.0.  Late last week, RedHat issued an Errata that moved 
> Samba from the 3.0.2 base to the 3.0.4 base.  So when I did 
> the "up2date" this weekend as part of my normal maintenance, 
> this server was updated and everything appeared to be fine.
> 
> Things are working, print jobs are getting sent so for the 
> most part I am happy.  But, I am experiencing one problem.  
> The Windows printer queue (I have a mixed set of clients - 
> mostly Windows 2000 and some Windows XP) show active jobs 
> even *after* the job has completed.
> 
> I've checked the CUPS Web-Management console and there are no 
> active jobs. Yet on my Windows machine, I have 4 printers 
> that show to have a total of 47 print jobs in the queue.
> 
> Here is a snippet of the Print Server's smb.conf: 
> =================================================
> [global]
> # Server Name and description
>    workgroup = nesbitt.local
>    netbios name = valykyrie
>    server string = Samba 3 Print and Backup Server
> 
> # Samba log information
>    log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>    max log size = 7168
> 
> # Security information
>    security = user
>    encrypt passwords = yes
> 
> # To help performance
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> 
> # Settings for PDC setup
>    local master = no
>    os level = 0
>    domain master = no
>    preferred master = no
>    domain logons = no
> 
> # Activate these Network Services
>    wins server = 10.200.8.253
> 
> # LDAP Declarations -- Needed to allow the LDAP backend to work
>    ldap suffix = dc=nesbitt,dc=local
>    ldap admin dn = cn=Manager,dc=nesbitt,dc=local
>    passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://stargazer.nesbitt.local
>    ldap delete dn = no
>    ldap user suffix = ou=People
>    ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
>    ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
>    ldap filter = (&(uid=%u)(objectClass=sambaSamAccount))
>    ldap passwd sync = yes
> 
> # Global settings for printers
>    printing = cups
>    printcap name = cups
>    load printers = yes
>    use client driver = yes
> 
> # Oplocks settings - disable all oplocks for compatibility reasons
>    oplocks = no
>    level2 oplocks = no
>    kernel oplocks = no
> 
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    public = yes
>    guest ok = yes
>    writeable = no
>    printable = yes =================================================
> 
> Has anyone experienced this?  What other information is 
> needed to help diagnose this issue?
> 
> Any help would be welcomed...
> --
> Kevin L. Collins, MCSE
> Systems Manager
> Nesbitt Engineering, Inc. 
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