[Samba] Printer drivers

[Fabian von Romberg]

Hi, 

is this a bug in Samba 4?

Regards,
Fabian

On 03/21/2013 06:29 AM, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi Fabian,
>>
>> Yes - here is (excerpt from) my setup.
>> You also need to set permissions on shares so printer admins can write
>> driver files and everybody can print. I think you need arcitecture foldres
>> under print$ (W32X86 etc) and set SePrintOperatorPrivilege for users to set
>> up printers.
>>
>> I got it all working OK (samba 3.5.6), but I do still have troubles with
>> printer properties in some drivers. I suspect it might work better in
>> samba3.3 and older but have not got as far as testing this.
>>
>> Jim
> 
>> [global]
>> ......
>>        load printers = yes
>>        printing = cups
>>        printcap name = cups
>> #        show add printer wizard = no
>>        use client driver = no
>>        force printername = yes
>> #       cups options = raw
>>
>> [print$]
>>        comment = windows printer drivers
>>        path = /var/lib/samba/printers
>>        browseable = no
>>        guest ok = yes
>>        read only = no
>>        create mask = 0664
>>        directory mask = 775
>>        force group = "print operators"
> 
>> [printers]
>>        comment = all printers
>>        path = /var/spool/samba
>>        printable = yes
>  >       writeable = no
>>        guest ok = no
>>        create mask = 0700
>>        browseable = no
>>
>>
>> On 18 March 2013 04:46, Fabian von Romberg <fromberg100 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> is it possible to have printer driver on samba and when the user wants to
>>> use a particular printer can install the drivers automatically from samba?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and regards,
>>> Fabian
>>>
>>> --
> 
> Well on samba 3.6.x i got it working also, but on samba4 i do not get the printers and faxes share.
> Whatever i do.
> I do get the printer itself.
> Is the documentation not right and do i need to use the printer share it self.
> 
> regards
> Johan
>