[Samba] Clients can find printer when
McKeever Chris
tech-mail at prupref.com
Sun Jun 6 15:14:40 GMT 2004
On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 23:41 , Steve Cohen <stevecoh1 at comcast.net> sent:
>Thanks, Chris:
>Now, when I try to print a document from Windows, it goes through all the
>pages (spooling, I think) but then an error message pops up indicating that
>it failed to print (and of course no print comes out). It won't tell me WHY
>it failed to print, just that it failed. (This is more feedback than I got
>before, so it's a step forward).
so - making the printer local has let you move a little further? IUf anyone on the list can explain the error messages when connecting to a
printer via network - that woul dbe most appreciated.
this sounds like what I had - just checking here - you are able to browse to a share without any problem - no connection dialoges? nothing out
of the ordinary, you can just go start->run->\\server\share and all works
here is a copy of a printer config from my smb.conf:
[bdc-toshiba550]
printer = bdc_toshiba550
printing = cups
comment = toshiba_550 - BDC
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
print command = lpr.cups -P %p -o raw %s;rm %s
lpq command = lpstat.cups -o %p
lprm command = cancel.cups %p-%j
>> >[Epson]
>> > path = /var/spool/samba
>> > read only = No
>> > hosts allow = 192.168.123
>> > printable = Yes
>> > printer name = Epson
>> > oplocks = No
I notice that you dont define your printer ... I have never actually printed to a printer connected directly to a SAMBA box, only through
LPD/IP using cups...
can you send a test page VIA the cups interface?
>
>I do notice that my log.nmbd file contains these messages:
>
>[2004/06/05 23:05:26, 0]
>nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(358)
> find_domain_master_name_query_fail:
> Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name DARROW335 for the
>workgroup DARROW335.
> Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup.
>
>I get these messages whether the Linux box is or is not the Domain Master
>Browser. And I find no configurability of Domain Master Browser at all on
>the XP side.
I dont think these are contribting to the problem..but when you get things printing, I would work on fixing them..oh - make sure domain
master browser is not commented out, but instead set to NO or YES - I has noticed that the uncommented out default in 2.2.8a didnt do as
expected..
>
>These messages appear every fifteen minutes and are independent of any attempt
>to print. None of the other samba logs describe an attempt to print, and
>there is nothing in the XP event viewer logs either
>
>Very frustrating.
>
>On Saturday 05 June 2004 6:24 pm, McKeever Chris wrote:
>> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 17:05 , Steve Cohen stevecoh1 at comcast.net> sent:
>> >I had a working Samba installation on my home network. Then I replaced
>> > one printer with another. The new printer is successfully installed on
>> > my RedHat 9.0 system on /dev/lp0. It is an Epson C82. From the RedHat
>> > system all is well.
>> >
>> >However, I am unable to print to this printer via Windows XP boxes on my
>> >network. Samba is working to the extent that Windows can find these
>> > printers via browsing. But that's it.
>> >
>> >At first, I would get access denied messages under "Status" on Windows'
>> >"Printers and Faxes" window. At that time my smb.conf looked like this:
>> >
>> >[root at RAINIER samba]# cat smb.conf
>> ># Samba config file created using SWAT
>> ># from RAINIER (127.0.0.1)
>> ># Date: 2004/06/05 16:09:08
>> >
>> ># Global parameters
>> >[global]
>> > workgroup = DARROW335
>> > server string = samba server
>> > security = SHARE
>> > encrypt passwords = Yes
>> > obey pam restrictions = Yes
>> > pam password change = Yes
>> > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>> > passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n
>> >*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
>> > username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>> > unix password sync = Yes
>> > log level = 3
>> > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>> > max log size = 0
>> > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>> > preferred master = Yes
>> > domain master = Yes
>> > dns proxy = No
>> > wins server = 192.168.123.70
>> > guest ok = Yes
>> > printing = cups
>> >
>> >[homes]
>> > comment = Home Directories
>> > valid users = %S
>> > read only = No
>> > create mask = 0664
>> > directory mask = 0775
>> > browseable = No
>> >
>> >[printers]
>> > comment = All Printers
>> > path = /var/spool/samba
>> > printable = Yes
>> > browseable = No
>> >
>> >[Epson]
>> > path = /var/spool/samba
>> > read only = No
>> > hosts allow = 192.168.123
>> > printable = Yes
>> > printer name = Epson
>> > oplocks = No
>> >
>> >[testshare]
>> > path = /tmp
>> > guest account = ftp
>> > read only = No
>> > hosts allow = 192.168.123.0/255.255.255.0
>>
>> sorry for the double post - but make sure your host allow is right, you
>> have two different ones within the file (I have never used it) my
>> suggestion, take it out for now, start basic - get it to work and then add
>> from there till you break something or get your desired result.
>>
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>> >After reading some of the documentation, I came upon
>> >"Use Client Driver". This looked reasonable, since I was in fact
>> > installing the driver on the Windows boxes. I added this parameter to
>> > the config, under the "Epson" section, restarted smbd and nmbd and now, I
>> > no longer saw "Access Denied", I saw "Ready", but still, all attempts to
>> > print to this printer from the Windows boxes yielded nothing. And all
>> > the auxiliary functions like "Print Test Page" from Windows timed out.
>> >
>> >Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
>> >
>> >Steve Cohen
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