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Armstrong, Scott Mr CECOM RDEC NVESD

2001-Apr-26 12:44 UTC

Print Driver Support under Samba 2.20

I'm having problems getting print drivers to install under Samba 2.2 under
Solaris 7 SPARC
I'm not yet trying to use addprinter or deleteprinter - simply to install
print drivers which can be downloaded to Win2K/WinNT/Win9x clients.
I'm using the HP Point and Print bundles to support HP LaserJet 4000 series
printers and I've tried both PCL6 and Postscript without success.
I execute the Add Printer Wizard from Windows 2000 Professional and it seems
to execute properly. I see the files being copied, but when it returns
showing the process as finished, there are still no drivers registered for
the printer.
I've captured level 10 debug info which I can send along as needed. 
The share definitions section of smb.conf is as follows

[printers]
        path = /var/spool/lp/tmp/samba
        printable = yes
        browseable = no
        admin users = armstron
        printer admin = armstron
;
[print$]
        path = /var/spool/lp/drivers
        writeable = yes
        browseable = yes
        admin users = armstron
        printer admin = armstron
;

I've created the print$ directory structure

.:
total 18
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ./
drwxrwxrwt  13 root     root        2560 Apr 26 08:39 ../
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32ALPHA/
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32MIPS/
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32PPC/
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:22 W32X86/
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 05:58 WIN40/

./W32ALPHA:
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 ./
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ../

./W32MIPS:
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 ./
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ../

./W32PPC:
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 ./
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ../

./W32X86:
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:22 ./
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ../

./WIN40:
total 4
drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 05:58 ./
drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ../

I've tried everything from default settings based upon the updated
documentation on the Samba Web Site to modifying permissions of /var/locks
and existing files there to be certain that the "printer admin" can
write to
them but I've been unsuccessful at every attempt.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Scott

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Gerald Carter

2001-Apr-26 13:37 UTC

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Print Driver Support under Samba 2.20

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 07:44:24 "Armstrong, Scott"
wrote:> 
> I execute the Add Printer Wizard from Windows 2000 
> Professional and it seems to execute properly. I see 
> the files being copied, but when it returns
> showing the process as finished, there are still no
> drivers registered for the printer.
To set a driver, just use the "New Driver" button 
from the printer properties dialog.  Or is this what you
are referring to?
> [print$]
>         path = /var/spool/lp/drivers
>         writeable = yes
>         browseable = yes
>         admin users = armstron
>         printer admin = armstron
Hmmm....seems people are taking me too literally. :-)
I'll clarify.  

The [print$] share is a normal file share.  Only 
the name is special.  Have you mapped the username 'armstron'
to 'ntadmin'.  If not then, the permissions outlined below
mean that you must connect as root.  The 'ntadmin' 
account is not listed as a printer admin and armstron
does not have rights to copy new drives onto [print$].
> I've created the print$ directory structure
> 
> .:
> total 18
> drwxrwsrwx   7 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:21 ./
> drwxrwxrwt  13 root     root        2560 Apr 26 08:39 ../
> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32ALPHA/
> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32MIPS/
> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 07:55 W32PPC/
> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 26 08:22 W32X86/
> drwxrwsr-x   2 root     ntadmin      512 Apr 25 05:58 WIN40/ 




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