[Samba] smbclient queue command issue

Eric Rowell erowell at gmail.com
Tue Jun 22 15:37:08 MDT 2010


Tried the following after poking around:

rpcclient -c "setjob printer  1340 job_control_cancel" -U username PrinterServer

rpcclient -c "setjob printer  1340 job_control_delete" -U username PrinterServer

It doesn't error but it didn't cancel or delete the job.


On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Eric Rowell <erowell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeremy,
>    WoW.  It worked just as expected;
>            rpcclient -c "enumjobs printer" -U user printserver
>
>   This worked great to get the list of the jobs on the print queue.
> (too bad the "net" command doesn't support this)
>
>   Now if I could just get the delete/cancel job command I would be
> golden.  I didn't see a command equivalent on the list of options for
> the rpcclient command.  Since the option from "net" and smbclient
> don't work for the same reason.
>
>   Thank you for all the help you have already given,
>
> Eric B. Rowell
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 02:57:52PM -0400, Eric Rowell wrote:
>>> Help or suggestions please:
>>>
>>> When using smbclient to handle printing from a AIX system to a windows
>>> print queue somethings work and others do not.  I have been able to
>>> print without issues to the windows print queue.  But I cannot get a
>>> listing of the print jobs in a print queue.  This is important so the
>>> UNIX users can take action on thier print jobs.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure which why to turn at this point as it appears to be an
>>> error but it is too generic to easly solve.  I'm going to be working
>>> with my windows addmistrators but I need a direction to go.
>>>
>>> The following is the configuration, commands, and debug for this problem.
>>>
>>> Running Samba 3.5.3 on AIX - pware64
>>> Domain controller is Windows 2003
>>> Printer Server is Windows 2003
>>>
>>>
>>> The AIX server had joined the domain successfully using "net ads join
>>> -U someadministrator at DOMAIN.COM
>>> The "net printer info PRINTER_GP42K2 -S PRINTQUEUESRV" will provide
>>> details about the print queue.
>>> I have given the test user account full access to windows print queue.
>>>  This hasn't changed the issue.
>>>
>>> This has been tried using the Kerberos ticket as well as password
>>> challenge.  Neither work for the queue command (both can print).
>>>
>>> Windows Client Command works using same account:
>>> ####################
>>> C:\>net print \\CORPPRINTSRV\ITD_HP4250
>>> Printers at \\CORPPRINTSRV
>>> Name                         Job #      Size            Status
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ITD_HP4250 Queue            3 jobs                      *Printer error*
>>>      testacct                    404     85200            Error
>>>      testacct                    601     37340            Waiting
>>>      ERowell                  1735      9905            Waiting
>>> The command completed successfully.
>>> ####################
>>>
>>> The following is the commands and a debug 10.
>>>
>>> cmd>export PATH=/opt/pware64/bin:/opt/pware64/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/etc:/usr/bin:/usr/etc:/usr/lib:/usr/local/bin:.:/usr/local/bin:/usr/vac/bin://bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/informix/bin://bin:.
>>>
>>> cmd>kinit
>>> Password for erowell at DOMAIN.COM:
>>>
>>> cmd>klist
>>> Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_35102
>>> Default principal: erowell at DOMAIN.COM
>>>
>>> Valid starting     Expires            Service principal
>>> 06/22/10 14:18:55  06/23/10 00:18:59  krbtgt/DOMAIN.COM at DOMAIN.COM
>>>         renew until 06/23/10 00:18:55
>>>
>>> unset LIBPATH
>>>
>>> ####################
>>> # Without Debug
>>> ####################
>>> cmd>/opt/pware64/bin/smbclient "\\\\PRINTQUEUESRV\\PRINTER_GP42K2" -k
>>> OS=[Windows Server 2003 R2 3790 Service Pack 2] Server=[Windows Server
>>> 2003 R2 5.2]
>>> smb: \> queue
>>> smb: \> exit
>>
>> Hmmm. Looks like the Windows server isn't replying to the
>> old RAP method of enumerating a print queue. Try using rpcclient
>> instead, with the "enumjobs <printer>" command. That uses the
>> more modern DCE-RPC interface into the printer subsystem.
>>
>> Jeremy.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Eric B. Rowell
>



-- 
Eric B. Rowell


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