[Samba] Need help with printer drivers

Rowland Penny rpenny at samba.org
Thu Nov 10 09:20:53 UTC 2016


On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 13:23:32 +0800
Aaron Lewis <the.warl0ck.1989 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Rowland. I've followed the guide on that page, the following
> page looks good:
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Configuring_Point%27n%27Print_automatic_printer_driver_deployment
> 
> However, when I try to add a driver with "Print Management" to the
> Samba server, I got an access denied error.
> 
> Here's how I did it.
> ------------------------
> 
> 1. create a user with smbpasswd, work:work
> 2. change myprinter configuration and add a write list
> 
> [myprinter]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /var/lib/samba/printers
> valid users = work
> write list = work
> read only = No
> printable = Yes
> printer name = My Printer
> 
> 3. on windows7 client, use work:work to authenticate,
>     first run net use \\172.16.177.200\myprinter
>     now \\172.16.177.200\myprinter is accessible
> 
>     Open Print Management, add 172.16.177.200 as a printer, then in
> Drivers, right click and select Add Driver, a dialog popsup "Failed to
> add driver, Access denied"
> 

Can you post your full smb.conf

Rowland



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