[Samba] Problems with accessing samba printer from Windows

[bill purvis]

I tried this (again) and checked carefully the logs. No improvement.

I did however try recre4ating the printer from the Windoze machine and
spotted an entry added to log.nmbd:

  Samba name server BOHUSLAV is now a local master browser for workgroup 
WORKGROUP on subnet 10.0.0.1

The obvious problem here is that 10.0.0.1 is not connected to anything!
The 10.0.0.x network is just an end-to-end link between my webserver
(a different machine) and the ADSL modem. I could deactivate that
network, but I prefer to leave it active so I can swap machines quickly
if neccesary - bohuslav is a mirrored copy of the web server to act as 
backup. I can't see anything obvious in smb.conf which would make Samba
look at a particular network, apart for the 'allow 192.168.xxx' statement
which I would have assumed would be enough to direct it in that direction.
Is there something which I can add to force it to just listen on 192.168.0.x
(which is my local network)?
 
Many thanks.

Bill
On Saturday 15 November 2008, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> 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
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> Daniel L. Miller, VP - Engineering, SET
> AM Fire & Electronic Services, Inc. [AMFES]
> dmiller at amfes.com 702-312-5276



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