[Samba] VMware Printing Problem - Access Denied, Unable To Connect

[Linux.User]

More detailed:

/etc/samba/smb.conf:
#
# /etc/samba/smb.conf ist the main samba configuration file. Cf. the
# manual page of smb.conf and the included documantation in
# /usr/share/doc/packages/samba in order to understand the options
# listed here and many more features.
#
# Lines in this example which starts with ; and # are ignored comment
# ones. # indicates a comment and ; a deactivated example line.
#
# We suggest to use the command 'testparm' after any changes you made.
#
# Copyright (c) 1999 - 2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.
#
# Please send bugfixes or comments to feedback at suse.de.
#
[global]
printing = cups
map to guest = Bad User
veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/
security = share
workgroup = werkgroep
client code page = 850
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
character set = ISO8859-15
guest account = nobody
load printers = Yes
os level = 32
printcap name = /etc/printcap
wins support = No
nt acl support = no
domain logons = no

#[homes]
#comment = Home Directories
#read only = No
#create mask = 0640
#directory mask = 0750
#browseable = No



[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/tmp
create mask = 0600
printable = Yes
browseable = No
guest ok = yes


I use the same smb.conf in etc/vmware/vmnet1/smb.

My /etc/cups/cupsd.conf has the next section:
#
# Access permissions for each directory served by the scheduler.
# Locations are relative to DocumentRoot...
#
# AuthType: the authorization to use:
#
#    None   - Perform no authentication
#    Basic  - Perform authentication using the HTTP Basic method.
#    Digest - Perform authentication using the HTTP Digest method.
#
#    (Note: local certificate authentication can be substituted by
#           the client for Basic or Digest when connecting to the
#           localhost interface)
#
# AuthClass: the authorization class; currently only "Anonymous", "User",
# "System" (valid user belonging to group SystemGroup), and "Group"
# (valid user belonging to the specified group) are supported.
#
# AuthGroupName: the group name for "Group" authorization.
#
# Order: the order of Allow/Deny processing.
#
# Allow: allows access from the specified hostname, domain, IP address,
# network, or interface.
#
# Deny: denies access from the specified hostname, domain, IP address,
# network, or interface.
#
# Both "Allow" and "Deny" accept the following notations for addresses:
#
#     All
#     None
#     *.domain.com
#     .domain.com
#     host.domain.com
#     nnn.*
#     nnn.nnn.*
#     nnn.nnn.nnn.*
#     nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
#     nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/mm
#     nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn/mmm.mmm.mmm.mmm
#     @LOCAL
#     @IF(name)
#
# The host and domain address require that you enable hostname lookups
# with "HostNameLookups On" above.
#
# The @LOCAL address allows or denies from all non point-to-point
# interfaces.  For example, if you have a LAN and a dial-up link,
# @LOCAL could allow connections from the LAN but not from the dial-up
# link.  Similarly, the @IF(name) address allows or denies from the
# named network interface, e.g. @IF(eth0) under Linux.  Interfaces are
# refreshed automatically (no more than once every 60 seconds), so
# they can be used on dynamically-configured interfaces, e.g. PPP,
# 802.11, etc.
#
# Encryption: whether or not to use encryption; this depends on having
# the OpenSSL library linked into the CUPS library and scheduler.
#
# Possible values:
#
#     Always       - Always use encryption (SSL)
#     Never        - Never use encryption
#     Required     - Use TLS encryption upgrade
#     IfRequested  - Use encryption if the server requests it
#
# The default value is "IfRequested".
#

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 127.0.0.2
Allow From @LOCAL
Allow From 192.168.1.50
Allow From 192.168.1.80

</Location>
The last two lines are the local host and the Vmware (winxp) host.

Furthermore cups has to be told to use raw printing; next sections is 
from /etc/cups/mime.types
########################################################################
#
# Raw print file support...
#
# Uncomment the following type and the application/octet-stream
# filter line in mime.convs to allow raw file printing without the
# -oraw option.
#

application/octet-stream

#
# End of "$Id: mime.types,v 1.28 2003/04/07 18:03:27 mike Exp $".
#

And last but not least: define your local printer as a raw device using: 
http://localhost:631.

Hope this will do.

Don't be confused Winxp still says Access denied, unable to connect, but 
it will print.
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Groetjes/Regards

Kees van Hoof