[Samba] Problems with accessing samba printer from Windows

[Daniel L. Miller]

In your global section, add something like:

    idmap uid=10000-20000
    idmap gid=10000-20000

bill purvis wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently migrated from Madrake/Mandriva to Ubuntu (8.04) on the
> machine with the printer attached. When I set up samba originally
> my understanding of it was very limited. It's probably even more
> limited now (brain cells dying off! :-) ). However, at least it
> did what I wanted - gave access to the printer and a scratch disk
> area for the Windows machines. When I migrated to Ubuntu, I copied
> the bits I thought relevant into the distributed smb.conf and started 
> it up. I didn't get around to testing the Windows access until today.
> When I tried to print or open the scratch area on Windows it fails to
> make the connection. I tried deleting the printer entry and re-creating
> it with 'add printer' but that failed also. I've check the various
> log files on the server and found lines like:
>
>   idmap uid range missing or invalid
>   idmap will be unable to map foreign SIDs
> [2008/11/14 16:52:34, 0] nsswitch/idmap.c:idmap_alloc_init(750)
>   ERROR: Initialization failed for alloc backend, deferred!
>
> that was in the log.winbindd-idmap file. Nothing else notable.
> I'm attaching a copy of the essential bits of the smb.conf file
> as listed by testparm. I'd be grateful if someone who knows more
> about samba can advise me what to try next.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bill
>
> ----------------------smb.conf------------------------------------------
> [global]
> 	server string = Samba Server %v
> 	map to guest = Bad User
> 	log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
> 	max log size = 50
> 	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> 	dns proxy = No
> 	hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.2., 127.
>
> [homes]
> 	comment = Home Directories
> 	read only = No
> 	browseable = No
>
> [printers]
> 	comment = All Printers
> 	path = /var/spool/samba
> 	create mask = 0700
> 	guest ok = Yes
> 	printable = Yes
> 	browseable = No
>
> [print$]
> 	path = /var/lib/samba/printers
> 	write list = @adm, root
> 	inherit permissions = Yes
> 	guest ok = Yes
>
> [pdf-gen]
> 	comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
> 	path = /var/tmp
> 	printable = Yes
> 	printing = bsd
> 	print command 
> = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf "%s" "%H" "//%L/%u" "%m" "%I" "%J" &
> 	lpq command = /bin/true
> 	lprm command = lprm -P'%p' %j
>
> [backups]
> 	comment = Backup Disk 1
> 	path = /back1
> 	read only = No
> 	guest ok = Yes
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>   


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Daniel L. Miller, VP - Engineering, SET
AM Fire & Electronic Services, Inc. [AMFES]
dmiller at amfes.com 702-312-5276