[Samba] Re: Access Denied when installing drivers using APW - Solved

[Scott Vintinner]

You can ignore this post.  I finally realized that I still had SELINUX enabled.


Scott Vintinner wrote:
> I'm trying to install print drivers onto my samba 3.0.28 server (Fedora 
> Core 8) following the Add Printer Wizard Driver Installation directions 
> here:
> 
> http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/classicalprinting.html#id388379 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, when I try to add the print driver, I receive a Windows 
> "Add Printer Driver Wizard : Unable to install Ghostscript PDF, Windows 
> 2000 or XP, Intel driver. Access is Denied" error message.  Trying to 
> add a printer using the Add Printer wizard results in a similar "Add 
> Printer Wizard : Printer driver was not installed.  Access is denied."
> 
> The Samba server is a stand-alone server.  I'm connecting to the Samba 
> server from an XP machine, using the net use \\acro1\print$ /user:root 
> command to make sure that I'm connected as root.  I've also run 
> smbstatus to ensure that I'm connected as root:
> 
> [root at acro1 samba]# smbstatus
> 
> Samba version 3.0.28-0.fc8
> PID     Username      Group         Machine
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  2234   root          root          xp-vinsco    (10.1.1.147)
> 
> Service      pid     machine       Connected at
> -------------------------------------------------------
> print$       2234   xp-vinsco     Thu Jan  3 16:09:40 2008
> IPC$         2234   xp-vinsco     Thu Jan  3 16:16:27 2008
> 
> Locked files:
> Pid          Uid        DenyMode   Access      R/W        Oplock 
> SharePath   Name   Time
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> 2234         0          DENY_NONE  0x100001    RDONLY     NONE 
> /etc/samba/drivers   .   Thu Jan  3 16:10:00 2008
> 
> 
> The server is not running SELINUX, and the samba install seems to work 
> fine otherwise (meaning I can connect to a test share as root and edit 
> files just fine).  Below is my smb.conf.  Note that this server is being 
> setup to use Acrophobia (http://acrophobia.sourceforge.net), which is 
> where the ePDF.py scripts are from.  I've contacted the author, but 
> Acrophobia is currently only supported on Fedora Core 3.  It's also my 
> inexperienced feeling that my problem is a SAMBA problem rather than a 
> problem with one of his scripts.
> 
> Any help or other ideas for debugging this would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
> #Global Settings =====================================
> 
> [global]
> addprinter command = /usr/bin/ePDF.py --addprinter
> map to guest = Bad User
> guest account = pcguest
> show add printer wizard = Yes
> 
> workgroup = rbh
> server string = Linux ePDF Server
> 
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> max log size = 50
> 
> security = user
> passdb backend = smbpasswd
> 
> local master = no
> wins server = 10.1.19.84
> load printers = yes
> cups options = raw
> printing = lprng
> 
> 
> #Share Definitions ==============================
> 
> [homes]
> comment = Home Directories
> browseable = no
> writable = yes
> 
> [printers]
> comment = All Printers
> path = /var/spool/samba
> browseable = no
> guest ok = no
> writable = no
> printable = yes
> 
> [print$]
> comment = Print Drivers
> path = /etc/samba/drivers
> guest ok = yes
> write list = root
> 
> [test]
> path = /etc/samba
> guest ok = no
> writable = yes
> write list = root
> 
> [basepdf]
> comment =
> queueresume command = /usr/bin/ePDF.py  --endbatch --user %U
> printable = yes
> print command = /usr/bin/ePDF.py  --jobname '%J' --user %U %s
> guest ok = yes
> path = /var/spool/ePDF/basepdf
> printer name = Acrophobia PDF Printer
> queuepause command = /usr/bin/ePDF.py  --startbatch --user %U
> lpq command = /usr/bin/ePDF.py  --qstat --workdir '[%S]' --user %U
>