I am using Samba 3.0.4-1.12 under SuSE 9.1 to make my printer (an HP PSC950) available to the rest of the family (that is using Windows machines). The printer is configured via CUPS. OK except for one thing: regularly, Samba seems to loose the print share (printer no longer reachable from the Windows machines, printer no longer listed as shared when I do "smbclient -L localhost -U%". Stopping and restarting smb (./smb stop and ./smb start as root) normally cures the problem. Happens every couple of days. Any clue? Thanks in advance for helping, Karel De Vriendt
Karel De Vriendt wrote: > I am using Samba 3.0.4-1.12 under SuSE 9.1 to make my printer (an HP > PSC950) available to the rest of the family (that is using Windows > machines). The printer is configured via CUPS. > > OK except for one thing: regularly, Samba seems to loose the print share > (printer no longer reachable from the Windows machines, printer no > longer listed as shared when I do "smbclient -L localhost -U%". > > Stopping and restarting smb (./smb stop and ./smb start as root) > normally cures the problem. > > Happens every couple of days. Have the same problem on several servers too. Did some kinda workaround by writing a samba reload into a cronjob every day prior the working hours. Not very elegant but helps. Maybe someone can put a light on us :-) jk PS: Running a combo of Debian & Samba
Karel De Vriendt wrote: > I am using Samba 3.0.4-1.12 under SuSE 9.1 to make my printer (an HP > PSC950) available to the rest of the family (that is using Windows > machines). The printer is configured via CUPS. > > OK except for one thing: regularly, Samba seems to loose the print share > (printer no longer reachable from the Windows machines, printer no > longer listed as shared when I do "smbclient -L localhost -U%". > > Stopping and restarting smb (./smb stop and ./smb start as root) > normally cures the problem. > > Happens every couple of days. Have the same problem on several servers too. Did some kinda workaround by writing a samba reload into a cronjob every day prior the working hours. Not very elegant but helps. Maybe someone can put a light on us :-) jk PS: Running a combo of Debian & Samba