Hi. After hours and hours of problems I finally got my HP LaserJet IIIp to print via my samba server. The only problem that remains is that lpr (or lpq perhaps?) doesn't clean up in /tmp after printing. I've tried to find the problem by debugging smbd with strace (with -f) to find out what really happens. This is the only "error" i found when searching after 'lpq.00113ec7' in my strace.out. chmod("/tmp/lpq.00113ec7", 0666) = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted) I couldn't locate any attempts to remove it so I really don't know what's wrong since there aren't any parameters that I have forgotten to pass along with lpq (like -r for remove or something alike). Here follows my smb.conf, printcap & filter files. Also I would like to know if it would be safe for me to remove the raw section from my printcap? Thomas. -- [ /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf ] [global] workgroup = PIPE server string = gate.pipe.org netbios name = gate hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.0.0.1 interfaces = 192.168.1.1/24 ; log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.samba ; max log size = 1024 ; debug level = 3 ; syslog = 3 ; syslog only = no security = share encrypt passwords = yes min passwd length = 3 smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd username map = /usr/local/samba/private/users.map guest account = guest socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=32768 SO_RCVBUF=32768 deadtime = 720 oplocks = yes read size = 16384 max xmit = 16384 read raw = yes write raw = yes getwd cache = yes null passwords = yes local master = yes os level = 40 announce as = NT Server domain master = yes preferred master = yes ; wins server = 192.168.1.5 ; domain logons = yes ; logon path = \\%L\profile\%U ; logon script = script.bat load printers = yes printcap name = /etc/printcap print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r -b -P%p %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j printer driver file = /usr/local/samba/printer/printer.def default case = lower case sensitive = no preserve case = no delete readonly = yes valid chars = 0345:0305 0366:0326 0344:0304 ; [netlogon] ; comment = network logon service ; path = /home/samba/netlogon ; browsable = no ; readable = yes ; share modes = no ; guest ok = yes ; [profiles] ; path = /home/samba/profiles ; browseable = no ; readable = yes ; guest ok = yes ; [home] ; path = /home/samba/profiles/%U ; comment = home directories ; guest ok = no ; public = no ; browsable = no ; writeable = yes [ext2] comment = ext2 on gate.pipe.org valid users = samba path = / public = no browseable = yes writeable = yes guest ok = no [cdrom] comment = cdrom on gate.pipe.org path = /cdrom public = yes browseable = yes writeable = no guest ok = yes [hdc1] comment = hdc1 on gate.pipe.org valid users = samba path = /mnt/hdc1 public = no browseable = yes writable = yes guest ok = no [hda3] comment = hda3 on gate.pipe.org valid users = samba path = /mnt/hda3 public = no browseable = yes writeable = yes guest ok = no [printer$] path = /usr/local/samba/printer valid users = samba public = no writable = no browseable = no [lp] comment = HP LaserJet IIIp path = /var/spool/lpd/laserjet valid users = samba browseable = yes printable = yes public = no writable = no create mode = 0700 printer driver = HP LaserJet IIIp printer driver location = \\%h\PRINTER$ -- [ /etc/printcap ] # raw thingy raw:\ :rw:sh: \ :lp=/dev/lp0: \ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw: \ :fx=flp: # hp lasjerjet 3p lp|laserjet|HP LaserJet IIIp:\ :of=/var/spool/lpd/laserjet/filter:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/laserjet:\ :fc#0777:\ :fs#06021:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/laserjet/error:\ :pl#60:\ :mx#0:\ :sb:\ :sf:\ :sh:\ :xc#07737:\ :xs#040: -- [ /var/spool/lpd/laserjet/filter ] #!/bin/bash -f # This is the output filter for use wth HP LaserJet I, III and III. # It is called via the of entry in the generic_hp printcap entry. # All that it does is send the escape sequence to the printer, so that: # # CR is mapper to CR # LF is mapped to CR LF # FF is mapped to CR FF # # and the first two lines reset the printer before each printing # # Observe, you must replace every instance of '^[' with "real" # escape sequences. You create them with c-Q [ESC]. /bin/echo -n '^[E' /usr/bin/sleep 1 /bin/echo -n '^[&k2G' /bin/cat /bin/echo -n '^[&l0H' if ($status == 0) then exit 0 else exit 1 endif -- Thomas Novin ? tn@alumni.com ? hem3.passagen.se/tnovin PGP Fingerprint: (Currently Unavailiable) Certified Linux Administrator (CLA)