samba - Dec 2002 - PDF printing problem - can't find Samba's file?

I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.

After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script (which acted as an
lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an opportunity to rewrite
it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd problem -- I
can't
find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:

[pdf2]
        path = /export/spool
        printable = yes
        guest ok = yes
        print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I >>/tmp/pdf.log
2>&1
        lpq command         lprm command 
I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's getting filenames
like:
smbprn.000413.8dCLi2

Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, like I expected
with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool.  In fact, I
can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?

----------

David Brodbeck, System Administrator
InterClean Equipment, Inc.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
davidb@mail.interclean.com
(734) 975-2967 x221

What are the permissions on /export/spool?
Does the command mkpdf2.pl remove the job when it is done?
I don't believe the prefix appears on the file name. It must always add the
path to the name.

Joel

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:09:11PM -0500, David Brodbeck
wrote:
> I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.
> 
> After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script (which acted as
an
> lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an opportunity to rewrite
> it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd problem -- I
can't
> find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:
> 
> [pdf2]
>         path = /export/spool
>         printable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I
>>/tmp/pdf.log
> 2>&1
>         lpq command >         lprm command > 
> I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's getting
filenames
> like:
> smbprn.000413.8dCLi2
> 
> Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, like I
expected
> with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool.  In fact, I
> can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?
> 
> ----------
> 
> David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> Ypsilanti, Michigan
> davidb@mail.interclean.com
> (734) 975-2967 x221
> 
> 
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> I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.
> 
> After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script (which acted as
an
> lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an opportunity to rewrite
> it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd problem -- I
can't
> find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:
> 
> [pdf2]
>         path = /export/spool
>         printable = yes
>         guest ok = yes
>         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I
>>/tmp/pdf.log
> 2>&1
>         lpq command >         lprm command > 
> I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's getting
filenames
> like:
> smbprn.000413.8dCLi2
> 
> Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, like I
expected
> with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool.  In fact, I
> can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?
> 
> ----------
> 
> David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> Ypsilanti, Michigan
> davidb@mail.interclean.com
> (734) 975-2967 x221
> 
> 
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> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Hammer [mailto:Joel@HammersHome.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 7:18 PM
> To: David Brodbeck; samba@lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] PDF printing problem - can't find Samba's
file?
> 
> 
> What are the permissions on /export/spool?
rwsrwxrwx
> Does the command mkpdf2.pl remove the job when it is done?
Yes, but it's not getting that far.  It's aborting because the input
file is
missing.
> I don't believe the prefix appears on the file name. It must 
> always add the path to the name.
Okay.  I was led to believe otherwise by the sample smb.conf entries I've
seen, but you may be right.  Even if that's true, I still need to figure out
where my spool files are going, though. :)
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:09:11PM -0500, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > I'm sure this is something simple, but I can't figure it out.
> > 
> > After a printing system upgrade, my old PDF-writer script 
> (which acted as an
> > lp input filter) stopped working.  I took this as an 
> opportunity to rewrite
> > it to work straight from Samba.  But I'm having an odd 
> problem -- I can't
> > find Samba's job file.  Here's the entry:
> > 
> > [pdf2]
> >         path = /export/spool
> >         printable = yes
> >         guest ok = yes
> >         print command = /usr/local/bin/mkpdf2.pl %s %U %I 
> >>/tmp/pdf.log
> > 2>&1
> >         lpq command > >         lprm command > > 
> > I had the script print out the parameters it got.  It's 
> getting filenames
> > like:
> > smbprn.000413.8dCLi2
> > 
> > Note that there's no path on the front of that filename, 
> like I expected
> > with %s.  And sure enough, the file isn't in /export/spool. 
>  In fact, I
> > can't find it *anywhere*.  Any ideas where it's going?
> > 
> > ----------
> > 
> > David Brodbeck, System Administrator
> > InterClean Equipment, Inc.
> > Ypsilanti, Michigan
> > davidb@mail.interclean.com
> > (734) 975-2967 x221