[Samba] APW New Driver Greyed Out

[jhall at vandaliamo.net]

Thank you very much!


This solved my problem.



Jay

> Hallo,
>
> Rights/printer management changed in samba 3.???
>
> Check in smb.conf
>
> enable privileges = yes
>
> and try for example
>
> net -S XXXX -U root rpc rights grant 'wheel' SePrintOperatorPrivilege
>
> bardo
>
> jhall at vandaliamo.net schrieb:
>> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>>
>> I have done this before, but  for the life of me cannot get it to work
>> today.
>>
>> I am trying to setup SAMBA to allow non-technical users (one per site)
>> to
>> add printer drivers as needed.
>>
>> I am running Samba 3.0.24.  Following are the relevant entries from
>> smb.conf.
>>
>> # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name
>>         pid directory = /var/run/
>>         workgroup = BACKUPS
>>         netbios name = Backup
>>         domain master = Yes
>>         time server = yes
>>         server string = Jefferson City Backup Server Number 1
>>         username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/user.map
>>         log level = 3
>>         pritner admin = hallja, at wheel,root
>>         use client driver = No
>>
>> [STCLRI7500]
>>         use client driver = No
>>         comment = St. Charles Regional Office Copier
>>         browseable = Yes
>>         printable = Yes
>>         guest OK = Yes
>>         path = /var/spool/samba
>>         printer = STCLRI7500
>>         printer admin = @wheel,hallja,root
>>
>>
>> [print$]
>>         comment = Printer Driver Download Area
>>         use client driver = No
>>         path = /var/spool/samba/drivers
>>         browseable = Yes
>>         guest ok = Yes
>>         read only = Yes
>>         admin list = root,hallja, at wheel
>>         write list = hallja, at wheel,root
>>
>> When I click on the Advanced Tab, the New Driver box is greyed out.
>> From
>> what I have read, this is a permissions problem, but I have been unable
>> to
>> find the problem.
>>
>> Using myself as an example, I log into the server and my Windows user
>> name
>> is mapped to hallja.  hallja is a member of the @wheel group.  hallja is
>> listed in the smbpasswd file.  I have also tried mapping my Windows
>> username to root without any success.  Mapping myself to hallja and root
>> yield the same result.
>>
>> The directory /var/spool/samba/drivers exists, and within that
>> directory,
>> I have created W32X86.  Permissions on this folder are root:wheel
>> rwxr-xr-x.
>>
>> Looking through the logs, I did not see any obvious errors. I have
>> bumped
>> the logging up to level 5.  Is there anything specific in the logs I
>> should be looking for?
>>
>> And, what else should I be looking at?
>>
>> Thanks in ad
>>
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