samba - Jun 2015 - pdf-printer

On 30/06/15 07:46, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
> Op 29-06-15 om 23:47 schreef Jack Downes:
>>
>
>>
>> Interesting, I don't read that log as not finding the printer, but
>> rather not finding the job.  I think you're going to want to find
out
>> where samba thinks it's writing file and validate that anything
actually
>> goes in there.  Turn up the samba logging, and if need be the cups
>> logging as well.
>>
> Please keep the discussion on the list.
>
> AFAIK, the logging is on level 10. This is what I "added" to
smb.conf
> (see https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Client_specific_Log) :
> [global]
> # no log file size limitation
> max log size = 0
> # specific log file name
> log file = /var/log/samba/log.%I
> # set the debug level
> log level = 10
> # add the pid to the log
> debug pid = yes
> # add the uid to the log
> debug uid = yes
> # add the debug class to the log
> debug class = yes
> # add microsecond resolution to timestamp
> debug hires timestamp = yes
>
> The logging I posted was part of a bigger log-file. If I knew what to 
> look for in a file of 130MBytes it would be easier. The part I posted 
> was a chance-find.
>
> But I'll try again, hopefully creating a smaller log-file.
>
> Thanks anyway,
>
> Koenraad
Hi, did you read to the bottom of this wiki page : 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Virtual_PDF_Printer#Setup

By my reading, if you add what it tells you, you should find a new log 
file in '/var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log'

Rowland

Op 30-06-15 om 08:58 schreef Rowland Penny:
>
> Hi, did you read to the bottom of this wiki page :
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Virtual_PDF_Printer#Setup
>
> By my reading, if you add what it tells you, you should find a new log
> file in '/var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log'
>
> Rowland
>
Hi,

Yes I did read that, but there is no output to that log-file, it's not 
created either.

This is my printer section :
[Pdfprinter]
         comment = Samba Virtual PDF Printer
         path = /var/spool/samba
         printable = Yes
         lpq command          lprm command          print command =
/usr/bin/pdfprint.sh -s %f -d /home/%U -o %U -m
600 -l /var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log

Slighty modified (other path, no uppercase), and all on one line. And 
pdfprint.sh is located in /usr/bin and executable by all.

I tried the print command manually (as root) and that works.

Koenraad.

On 30/06/15 10:10, Koenraad Lelong wrote:
> Op 30-06-15 om 08:58 schreef Rowland Penny:
>
>>
>> Hi, did you read to the bottom of this wiki page :
>> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Virtual_PDF_Printer#Setup
>>
>> By my reading, if you add what it tells you, you should find a new log
>> file in '/var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log'
>>
>> Rowland
>>
> Hi,
>
> Yes I did read that, but there is no output to that log-file, it's not 
> created either.
>
> This is my printer section :
> [Pdfprinter]
>         comment = Samba Virtual PDF Printer
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         printable = Yes
>         lpq command >         lprm command >         print command =
/usr/bin/pdfprint.sh -s %f -d /home/%U -o %U
> -m 600 -l /var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log
>
> Slighty modified (other path, no uppercase), and all on one line. And 
> pdfprint.sh is located in /usr/bin and executable by all.
>
> I tried the print command manually (as root) and that works.
>
> Koenraad.
This sounds like a permission problem, if you examine the script, the 
logfile is created here:

# Print messages to stdout / logfile
output () {
     if [ -z "$LOG" ] ; then
         echo -e "$(date "+%b %d %H:%M:%S") $*"
     else
         echo -e "$(date "+%b %d %H:%M:%S") $*" | tee -a
"$LOG"
     fi
}

I think if you look now, the logfile will exist.

If the logfile exists, I would suggest temporarily making it world 
writeable (chmod +w

/var/log/samba/Pdfprint.log