samba - May 2003 - Samba and Cups.

Listers,


I encountered a problem with samba (2.2.7a) when I was setting CUPS (1.1.14)
up.
I set it up through the web interface, setting the appropriate values in
smb.conf:

[global]

<snip>

        printing = cups
        load printers = yes
        printcap name = cups

[printers]
        comment = All Printers
        path = /var/spool/samba
        browseable = no
        public = yes
        guest ok = yes
        writable = no
        printable = yes
        printer admin = @sysadmin
        use client driver = yes

--
I used printconf-tui to set the /etc/printcap, up and it connected and
printed the windows test page perfectly.
And then it stopped. When I tried the Windows test page again it said the
printer didn't exist, so I deleted the entry and tried to re-install the
printer, but now it doesn't exist, yet it WILL still print from the CUPS web
interface!
I went to the console and types 'smbclient -L firewall' and saw all the
shares EXCEPT for the printer share. So I decided to run printconf -tui to
set it up. How did that go? Not to good.  When I attempted to print from
there it said "an error was encountered..."
So for some reason I can't seem to get the print share to activate. I've
rebooted a few times, checked the smb.conf several times, even went into
cupsd.conf and didn't find anything different. Now it WAS partially working,
by that I mean if I was having permission problems with the directories.  I
also tried setting 'printcap name = /etc/cups/printers.def, this gave me a
share called </printers> which  wouldn't connect.

Somehow, somewhere I am missing something. Why would Samba NOT set up a
share that is defined?

Thanks,
Kev

>           printing = cups
...
> I used printconf-tui to set the /etc/printcap
As I understand it, CUPS and /etc/printcap don't mix.  Typically CUPS is
configured with /etc/cups/cupsd.conf (for the daemon, Web interface, etc),
/etc/cups/printers.conf for the printer definitions, /etc/cups/classes.conf
for the class (pool) definitions, etc.

So is lpd running or cupsd?  You'll want the cupsd daemon running and then
you should be able to interface via a browser to http://<your.host>:631 -
similar to the way swat listens on port 901. Then you can define printers,
etc through the Web interface and watch what happens in /etc/cups.

Hope this helps.

          -Mike MacIsaac, IBM  mikemac at us.ibm.com   (845) 433-7061

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Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 10:42:55 -0400
From: Michael MacIsaac <mikemac@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba and Cups.
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>           printing = cups
...
> I used printconf-tui to set the /etc/printcap
As I understand it, CUPS and /etc/printcap don't mix.  Typically CUPS is
configured with /etc/cups/cupsd.conf (for the daemon, Web interface, etc),
/etc/cups/printers.conf for the printer definitions, /etc/cups/classes.conf
for the class (pool) definitions, etc.
---
I tried it this way to get the share to work. As it stands smbclient -L
firewall doesnt see it. And I inagine it should with cupsd running.

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So is lpd running or cupsd?  You'll want the cupsd daemon running and then
you should be able to interface via a browser to http://<your.host>:631 -
similar to the way swat listens on port 901. Then you can define printers,
etc through the Web interface and watch what happens in /etc/cups.

--

Cupsd *is* running lpd is not , the only problem is I cant seem to get an
"Unable to connect to CUPS server" in /var/log/cups/error_log. and as
far as
I cn see, its set up as it should be.



Thanks.
Kev