[Samba] Desperate plea for help with printer share

Tue Apr 2 17:39:13 MDT 2013

>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: marklapier at aol.com [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org]
>> Namens Mark LaPierre
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 2 april 2013 1:56
>> Aan: samba at lists.samba.org
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Desperate plea for help with printer share
>>
>> On 03/30/2013 11:45 PM, Gary Dale wrote:
>>> On 30/03/13 08:38 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>>>> Hey Y'all,
>>>>
>>>> I've been trying for months to get samba to share my printer with my
>>>> wife's Win XP machine.  I've RTFM, and spent hours on
>> google to no avail.
>>>>
>>>> I can't see the printer from Windows so I can't mount it
>> up.  Nothing
>>>> appears in the logs.  The file shares work just fine.
>>>>
>>>> It looks like I've got Samba 3.6.9 on this machine:
>>>>
>>>> [mlapier at mushroom samba]$ rpm -qa | grep samba
>>>> samba-swat-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-doc-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-client-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-winbind-clients-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-common-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-winbind-devel-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-winbind-krb5-locator-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-domainjoin-gui-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba-winbind-3.6.9-151.el6.i686
>>>> samba4-libs-4.0.0-55.el6.rc4.i686
>>>> [mlapier at mushroom samba]$ name
>>>> CentOS release 6.4 (Final)
>>>> Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Mar 12
>>>> 21:42:46 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>> [mlapier at mushroom samba]$ testparm
>>>> Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
>>>> Processing section "[homes]"
>>>> Processing section "[printers]"
>>>> Processing section "[pictures]"
>>>> Processing section "[budget]"
>>>> Loaded services file OK.
>>>> Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE
>>>> Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions
>>>>
>>>> [global]
>>>>      server string = Samba Server Version %v
>>>>      log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>>>>      max log size = 50
>>>>      printcap name = cups
>>>>      idmap config * : backend = tdb
>>>>
>>>> [homes]
>>>>      comment = Home Directories
>>>>      read only = No
>>>>      browseable = No
>>>>
>>>> [printers]
>>>>      comment = All Printers
>>>>      path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>      guest ok = Yes
>>>>      printable = Yes
>>>>      print ok = Yes
>>>>      browseable = No
>>>>
>>>> [pictures]
>>>>      comment = Pictures
>>>>      path = /home/pictures
>>>>      read only = No
>>>>      guest ok = Yes
>>>>
>>>> [budget]
>>>>      comment = Budget
>>>>      path = /home/budget
>>>>      valid users = nllapie, mlapier
>>>>      read only = No
>>>> [mlapier at mushroom ~]$
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything else I can share with you that will help you to
>>>> diagnose my problem?
>>>
>>> Have you checked the CUPS printer sharing?
>>>
>>
>> Sure enough.  The printer shared check box is checked so
>> that's not the
>> problem.
>>
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>
 > On 04/02/2013 02:47 AM, L.P.H. van Belle wrote:
> Hai,
>
> recheck your settings in smb.conf
> This is a working setup with cups for example.
>
> ## PRINTING Section 1 !! Global Settings !!
> ## printing temporary disabled
>          load printers = Yes
>          printing = cups
>          printcap name = cups
>          show add printer wizard = Yes
>          disable spoolss = No
>          max print jobs = 100
>          lpq cache time = 20
>          use client driver = No
>          max reported print jobs = 1000
>
> # PRINTING Section 2 !!
> # users are able to connect to any printer specified in the Samba host's
> # printcap file  ( /etc/printcap ) provided through cups
> [printers]
>          comment = All Network Printers
>          printable = yes
>          path = /home/samba/spool
>          browseable = No
>          guest ok = yes
>          public = yes
>          read only = yes
>          writable = no
>          create mode = 0777
>          lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P '%p'
>          lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P '%p' %j
>          lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold '%p' %j
>          lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release '%p' %j
>          queueresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc start '%p'
>          queuepause command = /usr/sbin/lpc stop '%p'
>
>
> ### Printing Section 3 "The Windows Printer drivers"
> # Required permissions
> # The account used to connect to the Samba host must have
> # a UID of 0 (i.e., a root account). ( or Administrator )
> # The account used to connect to the Samba host must be
> # named in the printer adminlist.
> # Or The account used to connect to the Samba host must have
> # SEPrintOperatorRights
> [print$]
>          comment = Printer Drivers Download Area
>          path = /home/samba/printers
>          browseable = no
>          guest ok = yes
>          read only = yes
>          write list = @"Print Operators",@"Domain Admins",Administrator,root
>          create mask = 0664
>          directory mask = 0775
>          valid users = @"Domain Users",@"Print Operators",@"Domain Admins",Administrator,root
>

This smb.conf file seems to be for a specific hardware environment that 
is no similar to mine.  Could you explain what hardware configuration 
this file is configured for?

In the mean time, I'll paste in your printer sections, both global and 
printers, and I'll let you know how it works out.

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