[Samba] Samba + Cups 2200 Laserjet printer

[Scott Marshall]

When i go to http://192.168.1.1:631/ i get a 403. Any idea's?

Ive changed the localhost to the ip of the server (.1 as above).

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 10:03 PM, Scott Marshall <s.dwag.nz at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry about that, used gmal's reply without thinking.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Jack Downes <jax at nwmt.us> wrote:
>
>> First off, please reply to the list.
>>
>> Okay, so you'll need to make sure that your cups.conf is setup to not
>> listen only to localhost.  you'll several sections on making cups listen
>> to what port and which IP... you'll see "Listen localhost:631" near the
>> top of your cups.conf file which is in /etc/cups (on several distros
>> anyway), edit that to match your IP.  Cups.org has tons of info how to
>> do this.
>>
>> As to the groups and such that I'm talking about...
>> Here's what i have setup for our outfit:
>> [printers]
>>        comment = Cupsys based printer
>>        path = /var/spool/samba
>>        create mask = 0700
>>        guest ok = Yes
>>        printable = Yes
>>        browseable = No
>>
>> [print$]
>>        comment = Printer Drivers
>>        path = /var/lib/samba/KRH_drivers
>>        valid users = @wheel, jax, admincis
>>        force user = nobody
>>        force group = nogroup
>>        read only = No
>>
>> So, as you can see, I've got it set so that anyone can print, but that
>> only admins and myself can update/change drivers.  Makes it easy and
>> keeps the general users away from the drivers.
>>
>> I'd suggest you put a valid users = scott in your [printers] section and
>> make sure that your windows username/password matches the
>> username/password in your linux setup.  Make sure that you create the
>> same user with smbpasswd as well. you can sync those together pretty
>> easily.  I'm pretty sure you can also limit by IP if you like:
>> hosts deny = 10.17.1.0/24, 10.6.27.5
>>
>> or whatever ...  Hopefully this helps.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> Scott Marshall wrote:
>> > I tried the address you stated (editing it where needed). It didnt
>> > seem to work for me.
>> >
>> > Is there some thing i should be doing to activate/get this address to
>> > work?
>> >
>> > As for samba, the printer is under the right group and i have
>> > installed the drivers manually on the machines yet i still cannot print.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers for the help
>> > Scott
>> >
>> > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Jack Downes <jax at nwmt.us
>> > <mailto:jax at nwmt.us>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     So, unless you are using windows 2k or older, is there really a
>> >     point to
>> >     installing the printer via //server/hplj2200 ?
>> >
>> >     Just use the windows[XP|Vista|7] printer wizard dialog and add a
>> >     network
>> >     printer.  At that point you can use the url which if the name is the
>> >     same, would be http://server:631/printers/hplj2200.  If you are
>> >     the only
>> >     one doing this, then it'll be fine.  You'll need to have the drivers
>> >     handy though.  And you can lock CUPS down via client IP, or client
>> >     username, or it can depend on SAMBA auth as well.
>> >
>> >     If you still want to use SAMBA for printing, take a look at
>> >     groups.  As
>> >     I recall you can specify which users & which groups can
>> >     read/write/see/whatever the printer much the same as you can for
>> >     regular
>> >     shares.  I think there's a PrinterAdmins group that you'll need to
>> >     setup
>> >     if you want to push a driver to the printer.
>> >
>> >     Good luck!
>> >     Jack
>> >
>> >     Scott Marshall wrote:
>> >     > Hi all,
>> >     >
>> >     > Hoping some one can help me out here.
>> >     >
>> >     > I have a 2200dn laser printer working on a centos 5 server
>> >     (using webmin for
>> >     > configuration).
>> >     >
>> >     > I have added it via webmin as a samba printer share with
>> >     permissions to my
>> >     > account.
>> >     >
>> >     > Security is set to "user level" not "share level" (the default).
>> >     >
>> >     > I can access my samba shares fine, download and upload to them.
>> >     >
>> >     > I can also see the printer, but what i cannot do is print.
>> >     >
>> >     > When i try and add the printer via my general PCL5 drivers it
>> >     asks me for a
>> >     > username and password. I am currently logged into the computer
>> >     so i would of
>> >     > thought it didn't need it and i cannot enter in the username or
>> >     password
>> >     > because i am already logged in.
>> >     >
>> >     > I cannot figure out if it is possible to have the samba server
>> >     share my
>> >     > printer by default to everyone with any security level yet not
>> >     open up my
>> >     > shares to everyone.
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > Cheers
>> >     > Scott
>> >     >
>> >
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