Config: Samba 1.9.18p1 running on SunOS 4.1.4. I think there is a problem in the current samba with print job hashing. We have a unique printing system here, so I had to write a version of the sysv commands to fit our environment. This worked ok in 1.9.17p4, but in testing 1.9.18p1 I noticed the following problem. What happens is, when a print job request is sent to the server a zero length file is created in the spool directory as <USER>.<HASH>, but when the job actually gets there it is spooled as <USER>.<HASH+1>. It prints the job out ok and deletes the <USER>.<HASH+1> job file, but the initial spool file <USER>.<HASH> is left behind as a zero length file. Since we use samba strictly for printing from NTWS clients (about 1500 of them worldwide) having a zero-length hash file left behind after each print job would be bad. (smb.conf file) [global] workgroup = DPW security = server password server = NT1 NT2 NT3 password level = 0 encrypt passwords = yes null passwords = no os level = 32 preferred master = no domain master = no local master = no wins proxy = no wins support = no wins server = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx dns proxy = no time server = yes server string = DPW SMB Print Server %L guest account = nobody socket options = TCP_NODELAY keepalive = 60 dead time = 5 status = yes debug level = 1 syslog = 4 syslog only = no max log size = 100 lock directory = /var/spool/dpw/dos/locks printing = sysv load printers = no min print space = 8192 print command = cd /var/spool/dpw/dos/ntspool; /usr/local/bin/dpwprint -P`cat /var/tmp/%U.printer | sed -e 's/-/_/g' | sed -e 's/.$//g'` -Tnone %f; rm %f lpq command = /usr/local/lib/dpwprint/lp/lpstat -o`cat /var/tmp/%U.printer | sed -e 's/-/_/g' | sed -e 's/.$//g'` lprm command = /usr/local/lib/dpwprint/lp/cancel `cat /var/tmp/%U.printer | sed -e 's/-/_/g' | sed -e 's/.$//g'`-%j include = /usr/local/lib/samba/dpw.printers include = /local/lib/samba/%h.printers (dom.printers file) [hp3] printer driver = HP LaserJet III comment = HP LaserJet IIISi PostScript v52.3 path = /var/spool/dpw/dos/ntspool printable = yes public = no browseable = yes [hp4] printer driver = HP LaserJet 4 comment = HP LaserJet 4Si/4Si MX PS path = /var/spool/dpw/dos/ntspool printable = yes public = no browseable = yes [hp5] printer driver = HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX PS comment = HP LaserJet 5Si/5Si MX PS path = /var/spool/dpw/dos/ntspool printable = yes public = no browseable = yes If there is a solution I would like to see it. -Ross Walker rwalker@dpw.com