[Samba] Problem with adding printer drivers in Windows XP

[Martin Zielinski]

Ok Tom,

last try! Hope this is it!

 From the smb.conf:

"show add printer wizard = No"

Please set it to yes.

I could reproduce your "grayed-out" condition and it went away when this 
parameter was set to yes.

~ Martin


Tom wrote:
> Well, for giggles I put 'use client driver' back to 'No' in the 
> smb.conf; still doesn't work. Do I need to change 'security = user' to 
> 'security = domain'?
> 
> I've been through all the troubleshooting steps posted in the archives. 
> None have worked. Either I've missed something in those archives or mine 
> is a new problem. Either way, the crystal ball doesn't seem to be working.
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Tom
> 
> Martin Zielinski wrote:
> 
>> Jerry,
>>
>> I'd really need your crystal ball sometimes!
>>
>> Yes, Tom isn't part of a domain (security = user as default), so he 
>> can't su to a "SAVAGEPHP\administrator" or so -  and there is a "use 
>> client driver = yes" in the [printers] section of his smb.conf (which 
>> has been attached to the original post).
>>
>> If the access rights are ok, this should be the reason and I should have
>> known.
>>
>> Tom?
>>
>> Respect,
>> Martin
>>
>> Ryan Novosielski wrote:
>>
>>> Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>>>
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>>>> Tom wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I'm trying to add drivers to the server through the Properties
>>>>> dialog box for my printer. Right click on the printer, left click
>>>>> Properties, Advanced tab, New Driver button type of thing. Except that
>>>>> the New Driver button is greyed out. I've checked and my user has the
>>>>> SePrintOperatorPrivilege rights assigned to him but it still does not
>>>>> work.
>>>>>     
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * jerry gazes into his crystal ball and then steps up to the mic....
>>>>
>>>> Do you have 'use client driver = yes' ?  If so, disable it
>>>> (the default setting).
>>>>   
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a rhetorical question, because I do not know the answer -- 
>>> does this user need to be a member of "Domain Admins"?
>>>
>>> Tom, try "net groupmap list" and see what group is mapped to "Domain 
>>> Admins" -- is the user you're connecting as a member of that group? 
>>> If not, does making sure that they are make a difference? I'd also 
>>> ask you to check to make sure privileges are turned on, but if they 
>>> weren't, attempting to add PrintOperatorPrivilege would have failed 
>>> with NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_PRIVILEGE or equivalent.
>>>
>>> BTW, do you have a [print$] defined, with the proper tree created 
>>> beneath it? The directories all have to be there first. Check your 
>>> logs for red flags, if there are any. Generally things break farther 
>>> down the line, though, so I'm pretty sure it's Samba permissions.
>>>
>>
>>
> 


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Martin Zielinski             mz at seh.de
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