[Samba] Printing seems to be entirely broken

[Ryan Suarez]

Change the permissions on /var/spool/samba to be world writable (with 
the sticky bit set) and you'll be able to print fine...

stouset at ikobo.net wrote:

>Here's the problem: clients that already have a Windows machine with the
>printer installed (through Samba, several months ago) can print just fine.
>However, any client trying to add, view, or do anything with a printer
>*now* always receive a message stating "Access is denied."
>
>When I double-click on the printer to add: "Could not connect to the
>printer. Access is denied."
>
>If I right-click on a printer under "Printers", and click on properties:
>"Printer properties cannot be displayed. Access is denied."
>
>If I try to view the print queue, I see in the title bar: "Access is
>denied, unable to connect."
>
>No matter what I do, I seem unable to do anything with printers,
>regardless of privileges. Syslog entries, even at max logging, show
>nothing out of the ordinary. This leads me to belive that it's file
>permissions, but those have all been checked. Here are the relevant
>sections of smb.conf.
>
>/etc/samba/smb.conf:
>--------------------------------------------
>workgroup = ikobo
>domain master = true
>local master = true
>domain logons = true
>preferred master = true
>os level = 65
>
>load printers = yes
>printing = cups
>printcap name = cups
>max print jobs = 100
>lpq cache time = 20
>use client driver = yes
>printer admin = @wheel
>show add printer wizard = yes
>
>[printers]
>        comment = All Printers
>        printable = yes
>        path = /var/spool/samba
>        browseable = no
>        writable = no
>
>[print$]
>        comment = Printer Drivers
>        path = /var/local/samba/drivers
>        browseable = yes
>        read only = yes
>        write list = @wheel
>--------------------------------------------
>
>Here are permissions on a few relevant directories:
>
>hank:/var/cache/samba/printing# ls -la
>drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Oct  2 15:32 .
>drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  4096 Oct  2 15:32 ..
>-rw-------  1 root root 24576 Oct  2 15:31 LaserJet_1300n.tdb
>-rw-------  1 root root 24576 Oct  2 15:31 ML-1710.tdb
>-rw-------  1 root root 24576 Oct  2 15:31 printers.tdb
>
>hank:/var/spool/samba# ls -la
>drwxrwsr-x  2 root users 4096 Oct  2 15:12 .
>drwxr-xr-x  6 root root  4096 May 17 10:14 ..
>
>hank:/var/local/samba/drivers# ls -la
>drwxrwxr-x  4 root wheel 4096 May 19 09:39 .
>drwxr-xr-x  6 root root  4096 Oct  2 15:11 ..
>drwxrwxr-x  3 root wheel 4096 Oct  2 15:11 W32X86
>drwxrwxr-x  3 root wheel 4096 May 19 09:39 WIN40
>
>Does anyone know why I am having these problems? Nothing I do seems to work.
>
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