[Samba] samba print server client job queues.
Chris Jeter
cjeter at sunflowerbroadband.com
Mon Aug 11 20:05:10 GMT 2008
Hello,
I'm working on setting up a corporate print server with samba
3.2.0-2.17 on a Fedora 9 install. I've been able to get the services up
and running and added several printers via the cups interface, also
been able to upload the windows drivers. This all works well, printing
also works well.
The problem that I am running into is that the old print jobs
seem to be getting stored somewhere in samba and i've been unable to
figure out how to turn this option off. I've set the
PreserveJobHistory No
PreserveJobFiles No
options in my cupsd.conf file though this does not effect the queues
viewed by the clients, only the jobs viewable via the cups interface.
Even once the jobs have been manually deleted from the queue and no
longer show up when it is opened up, windows still shows job counts in
the printers and fax folder.
These job counts seem to be getting stored in
the /var/lib/samba/printing*.tdb files. If i delete these the print
count goes back to 0 but will start counting back up as jobs move
through the printer.
My smb.conf is very basic
[Global]
netbios name = twcps01
workgroup = <DOMAIN
server string = Print Server
wins server = x.x.x.x
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
interfaces = lo eth0
bind interfaces only = yes
username map=/etc/samba/smbusers
passdb backend=tdbsam
null passwords = no
hide unreadable = yes
hide dot files = yes
printcap name = cups
printing = cups
cups options = raw
use client driver = no
load printers = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
[print$]
comment = Windows Client Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/windows_printer_drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
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Chris Jeter
Senior IT Technician
The World Company
785.312.6911
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