We are trying to add remote PC access to a printer using Samba and the Network
Neighborhood. We are running Solaris 2.5.1 on our server and our PCs are running
Win95. We have installed Samba 1.9.16p2. I'm fairly new at administering
Samba.
The printer is a high-quality color Tektronics Phasor 450 PostScript printer
named hq_color_fl2. Access to our other printers has been set up previously
using [printers] and a local printcap file.
I'm currently trying to add the entry to smb.conf for this printer.
1) Added it to the local printcap file referenced in smb.conf, but it was not
recognized. I found a note in the Samba FAQ about printcap names longer than 8
characters not being recognized. All other printers have names 8 char or less.
2) I then tried adding it as a separate entry in the smb.conf file, following
the [printers] section:
[printers]
comment = All Printers
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printable = yes
public = no
writable = no
create mode = 0700
[hq_color_fl2]
comment = "High Quality Color Printer at HAO/FL-2"
browseable = no
path = /tmp
printer = hq_color_fl2
printable = yes
public = no <--(unsuccesful, modified to "yes" but
writable = no waiting to restart the server)
create mode = 0700
I still do not see it listed when I run smbclient:
Server=[jabba] User=[root] Workgroup=[HAO] Domain=[HAO]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
Budget & Plan Disk "/home/admingrp/b_and_p"
Director Disk "/home/admingrp/director"
haocolor Printer
haoe Printer
haoip Printer
haon Printer
haon_dup Printer
haos Printer
haos_dup Printer
haow Printer
IG project Disk "/home/ig_proj"
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server)
phasord Disk "phasor:/local/d"
phasord1 Disk "phasor:/local/d1"
plotter Printer
root Disk Home Directories
NOTE: There were share names longer than 8 chars.
On older clients these may not be accessible or may give browsing errors
Once it is recognized, we plan to install the drivers for hq_color_fl2 on each
PC.
Any advice will be welcome.
Kitty
--Kitty Weaver System Administrator - CSMT
kweaver@hao.ucar.edu NCAR - High Altitude Observatory
tel: (303)497-1556 P.O. Box 3000
fax: (303)497-1589 Boulder, CO 80307-3000
