[Samba] Still no joy using "print command" with 3.0.30

[Stuart Reedy]

Thanks to Volker Lendecke for providing a fix for my issue.  The answer is:

./configure --enable-cups=no ...

Happy Friday Eve (or whatever the proper day is for your TZ)!
Stu...

Stuart Reedy wrote:
> The saga continues: I still can't get Samba 3.0.30 to use the "print 
> command"
> 
> I did a clean install of Slackware 11, then compiled Samba 3.0.30 from 
> source using:
> 
> ./configure
> make
> make install
> 
> I set up a printer, replaced lp with a script that writes its command 
> line to a file, and set:
> 
> print command = lp -H hold -d %p %s
> 
> Printing from a Windows XP machine using \\hostname\printername prints 
> the job via CUPS, bypassing the "print command."  When I issue the print 
> command from a shell on the Linux Samba server, the command line is 
> written to the file (as expected).
> 
> I am completely baffled.
> 
> Is there any help out there?
> 
> Happy Friday Eve!
> Stu...
> 
> Stuart Reedy wrote:
>> Greetings once again,
>>
>> I am still having trouble with the "print command" option in 3.0.30.
>>
>> In our computer lab, we force CUPS to print the jobs on hold, using:
>>
>> print command = lp -H hold -d %p %s
>>
>> This worked well with the Slackware packages of Samba 3.0.28 and CUPS 
>> 1.1.23.  When I upgraded Samba to 3.0.30, the jobs were no longer 
>> queued on hold, but printed immediately.
>>
>> To troubleshoot the problem, I wrote a script that copies the command 
>> line to a file, then replaced "lp" with this script.
>>
>> With 3.0.28 the script writes its output to the file and the job never 
>> prints.  With 3.0.30 there is no output from the script and CUPS 
>> prints the job.
>>
>> In an effort be a good citizen, I removed the Slackware distribution 
>> of Samba, then compiled it from source, using:
>>
>> ./configure --enable-cups --enable-static=no --enable-shared=yes 
>> --with-fhs --with-acl-support=yes --with-automount --prefix=/usr 
>> --localstatedir=/var --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin 
>> --with-lockdir=/var/cache/samba --sysconfdir=/etc 
>> --with-configdir=/etc/samba --with-privatedir=/etc/samba/private 
>> --with-swatdir=/usr/share/swat --with-smbmount --with-quotas 
>> --with-syslog --with-utmp --with-libsmbclient --with-winbind
>>
>> Still no joy.  CUPS immediately prints jobs and the specified "print 
>> command" seems to be ignored.
>>
>> I would greatly appreciate any help that folks may wish to offer.
>>
>> ======================================================================
>> Here are the details, in case they are important:
>>
>> Slackware 11.0 using Linux kernel 2.4.34.5.
>> CUPS is the Slackware package of 1.1.23.
>>
>> /etc/samba/smb.conf looks like:
>>
>> [global]
>>         workgroup = ITC
>>         server string = Samba Server
>>         passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
>>         unix password sync = Yes
>>         ldap ssl = no
>>         hosts allow = 172.20., 127.0.0.1
>>         ea support = Yes
>>
>> [printers]
>>         comment = All Printers
>>         path = /var/spool/samba
>>         printable = Yes
>>         browseable = No
>>
>> [test]
>>         path = /var/spool/samba
>>         read only = No
>>         printable = Yes
>>         print command = lp -H hold -d %p %s
>>         printer name = test
>>         oplocks = No
>>         share modes = No
>>
>> =============================================================
> 

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