[Samba] [samba] printer & cups

[Moray Henderson]

> From: root [mailto:root at server-ready.aghezzi.it]
> Sent: 30 October 2012 17:47
> 
> my samba is working good, only a problem with the classic pdf printer
> 
> I get this message from testparm
> 
> Warning: Service pdf-printer defines a print command, but print command
> parameter is ignored when using CUPS libraries.
> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
> 
> 
> and this is my .conf
> 
> [global]
>         workgroup = RSA
>         netbios name = RSA-INTRANET
>         server string = RSA-INTRANET
>         map to guest = Bad User
>         passdb backend = tdbsam
>         log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>         dns proxy = No
> 
> [pubblico]
>         comment = condivisione pubblica
>         path = /var/pubblico
>         read only = No
> 
> [pdf-printer]
>         path = /var/pubblico/
>         create mask = 0700
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         print command = /usr/bin/printpdf.sh %s
>         printer name = lp
> 
> everyt hings works ok, but the print command isn't executed altough the
> printer is shared and visible on the lan.
> 
> thanks for any help

We had "printing = bsd" when we had a PDF printer script like yours.
Because we are running SELinux, we also had to label our script
samba_unconfined_script_exec_t to allow Samba to run it.

However, we found that Samba was not really happy with both real CUPS
printer shares and a virtual PDF printing script, so we have moved to
PDFCreator (www.pdfforge.org) on the clients instead.  It lets you use more
features than the server-side script too.

[It's better English to say "working well" than "working good"]



Moray.
"To err is human; to purr, feline."