[Samba] Point'n'Print: adddriver / WERR_ACCESS_DENIED

[Philip Maurer]

I guess this directory listing should answer your questions:

/etc/samba/drivers/W32X86/:
total 577
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     48 Oct  5 16:34 2
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root     48 Oct  5 16:34 3
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  65645 Oct  5 16:17 HP_LaserJet_4100_Series.ppd
-rwxr--r--  1 root root  14234 Oct  5 16:17 cups5.hlp
-rwxr--r--  1 root root 280268 Oct  5 16:17 cupsdrv5.dll
-rwxr--r--  1 root root 219540 Oct  5 16:17 cupsui5.dll

/etc/samba/drivers/W32X86/2:
total 0

/etc/samba/drivers/W32X86/3:
total 0

Is there anything obviously wrong?

Thanks,
          Philip

Martin Zielinski wrote:

>Now, that you have a valid printer admin account - it should work. 
>Unfortunatly Samba returns ACCESS_DENIED for several reasons which have 
>nothing to do with access rights.
>Wrong accounts or passwords result in a "result was DOS code 0x00000013" 
>message.
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>The only case, I could provoke this error message was, when not all files were 
>in the W32X86 directory.
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Are the names really ok? My driver files are names "cupsui5.dll, 
cups5.hlp and

>cupsdrv5.dll". 
>Perhaps you have newer or older ones?
>The ppd file has to be in the W32X86 dir, too.
>
>And please check the linux permissions of the driver files.
>
>Bye,
>Martin
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>On Tuesday 05 October 2004 10:40, Philip Maurer wrote:
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>>Tried doing that, no dice - same error message!  However, I noticed that
>>the "New Driver" button is not grayed out anymore - I get "Access
>>Denied" when trying to update the driver via that method as well.  I
>>tried chmodding drivers dir 777, still access denied...
>>
>>Regards,
>>             Philip
>>
>>Martin Zielinski wrote:
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>>>Hello Philip,
>>>
>>>try putting the "printer admin" parameter into the global section.
>>>It's a global parameter that cannot be used "per share".
>>>
>>>Greetings,
>>>Martin
>>>
>>>On Monday 04 October 2004 16:00, Philip Maurer wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Dear list,
>>>>
>>>>This problem has been bugging me for days now, I've got Cups version
>>>>1.1.21 and Samba 3.0.7 installed and working.  There is a single
>>>>Laserjet 4100 attached to the network, printing via Cups or Cups/Samba
>>>>works fine.
>>>>
>>>>The problems are with getting Point'n'Print to work.  I've been scouring
>>>>the net, archived posts of this list, read the official Samba manual, to
>>>>no avail.  The problem is always the same; I can successfully copy the
>>>>drivers into the W32X86 directory using e.g. smbclient, but issuing the
>>>>adddriver command via rpcclient
>>>>
>>>>rpcclient newserver -N -U'root%******' -c 'adddriver "Windows NT x86"
>>>>"printer:cupsdrvr.dll:printer.ppd:cupsui.dll:cups.hlp:NULL:RAW:NULL"'
>>>>
>>>>Always returns: result was WERR_ACCESS_DENIED
>>>>
>>>>I've tried using the GUI method but when I get to the Advanced tab the
>>>>'New Driver' button is grayed out.
>>>>
>>>>Best regards,
>>>>                  Philip
>>>>
>>>>Here's my smb.conf:
>>>>---------------------------[snip]-----------------
>>>>[global]
>>>># Replace MYWORKGROUPNAME with your workgroup/domain
>>>>workgroup = NOVASOFT
>>>># Of course this has no REAL purpose other than letting
>>>># everyone know its not Windows!
>>>># %v prints the version of Samba we are using.
>>>>server string = Samba Server %v
>>>># We are going to use cups, so we are going to put it in here ;-)
>>>>load printers = yes
>>>>printing = cups
>>>>printcap name = cups
>>>>use client driver = no
>>>># We want a log file and we do not want it to get bigger than 50kb.
>>>>log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>>>max log size = 50
>>>># We are going to set some options for our interfaces...
>>>>socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>>># This is a good idea, what we are doing is binding the
>>>># samba server to our local network.
>>>># For example, if eth0 is our local network device
>>>>interfaces = lo eth0
>>>>bind interfaces only = yes
>>>># Now we are going to specify who we allow, we are afterall
>>>># very security conscience, since this configuration does
>>>># not use passwords!
>>>>hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 195.163.190.192/27
>>>>hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
>>>># Other options for this are USER, DOMAIN, ADS, and SERVER
>>>># The default is user
>>>>security = user
>>>># No passwords, so we're going to use a guest account!
>>>>guest account = samba
>>>>guest ok = yes
>>>>
>>>># We now will implement the on access virus scanner.
>>>># NOTE: By putting this in our [Global] section, we enable
>>>># scanning of ALL shares, you could optionally move
>>>># these to a specific share and only scan it.
>>>>
>>>># For Samba 3.x
>>>>vfs object = vscan-clamav
>>>>vscan-clamav: config-file = /etc/samba/vscan-clamav.conf
>>>>
>>>># Now we setup our print drivers information!
>>>>[print$]
>>>>comment = Printer Drivers
>>>># this path holds the driver structure
>>>>path = /etc/samba/drivers
>>>>guest ok = yes
>>>>browseable = yes
>>>>read only = yes
>>>># Modify this to "username,root" if you don't want root to
>>>># be the only printer admin)
>>>>write list = maph,root
>>>>
>>>>[HP_Laserjet_4100]
>>>>comment = HP LaserJet Network Printer
>>>>printable = yes
>>>>path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>public = yes
>>>>guest ok = yes
>>>>guest account = samba
>>>>printer admin = maph,root
>>>>
>>>># Now we setup our printers share.  This should be
>>>># browseable, printable, public.
>>>>[printers]
>>>>comment = All Printers
>>>>path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>browseable = no
>>>>public = yes
>>>>guest ok = yes
>>>>writeable = no
>>>>printable = yes
>>>>printer admin = maph,root
>>>>        
>>>>
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