OK, I've solved all of my previous permissions issues, now I just need to get the output out. Setup: SuSE 9.0 Pro running Samba 2.2.8a. VMware installed with Windows 2000 Pro guest OS. Epson C84 attached via USB prints fine from Linux with CUPS and also via the commandline using smbclient > print. With data shares, I have no problems. Problem: Print jobs from Windows 2000 never get printed. Observations: If I print a job from Windows 2000 in VMware and watch the contents of /var/tmp, I can see the print job file momentarily appear and then disappear. But, the job never makes it to the printer. The samba log file shows the following: [2004/02/05 11:07:02, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_printername_ok(388) Unable to get printer status for ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} - client-error-not-found [2004/02/05 11:07:02, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(252) outside-w2k (172.16.172.128) couldn't find service ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} [2004/02/05 11:07:30, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_printername_ok(388) Unable to get printer status for ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} - client-error-not-found [2004/02/05 11:07:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(252) outside-w2k (172.16.172.128) couldn't find service ::{2227a280-3aea-1069-a2de-08002b30309d} [2004/02/05 11:09:45, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(684) outside-w2k (172.16.172.128) closed connection to service Epson_C84 Any ideas appreciated! smb.conf follows: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 0.0.0.0 (0.0.0.0) # Date: 2004/02/04 13:20:42 # Global parameters [global] printing = cups unix extensions = Yes time server = Yes log level = 2 printer name = Epson_C84 encrypt passwords = Yes username map = /etc/samba/user.map server string = Reliable Networks Samba Server workgroup = RNOME.COM veto files = /*.eml/*.nws/riched20.dll/*.{*}/ socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY os level = 2 security = user printcap name = CUPS domain master = No [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0640 directory mask = 0750 browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/tmp create mask = 0600 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No use client driver = yes [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/drivers write list = @ntadmin root force group = ntadmin create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 guest ok = Yes -- ______________________________________________________________ L. Mark Stone President Reliable Networks of Maine, LLC 477 Congress Street, 5th Floor Portland, ME 04107 Tel: (207) 772-5678 Cell: (917) 597-2057 Email: LMStone@RNoME.com Web: http://www.RNoME.com