Hi,
I checked the archives, but couldn't find this question:
I have two printers set up on my RedHat Linux 6.1 box, called lp0 and lp1
(original, huh?). Anyway, I want both of these printers to be visible
and browsable on the network. I have the following relevant lines in my
smb.conf file:
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
While I can net use to the printers, they don't show up in a net view or
when I look at the Network window on the Windows desktop. Do I need
to specify each printer I want to be publicly visible, or am I missing
something?
Thanks.
JBB
Jonathan, I do believe it's the 'browseable = no' parameter in your [printers] section that's doing this. Try setting it to yes and see what happens. Good luck! -- Bill Knox Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst The MITRE Corporation Jonathan Bayer wrote:> > Hi, > > I checked the archives, but couldn't find this question: > > I have two printers set up on my RedHat Linux 6.1 box, called lp0 and lp1 (original, huh?). Anyway, I want both of these printers to be visible > and browsable on the network. I have the following relevant lines in my smb.conf file: > > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > public = yes > guest ok = yes > writable = no > printable = yes > > While I can net use to the printers, they don't show up in a net view or when I look at the Network window on the Windows desktop. Do I need > to specify each printer I want to be publicly visible, or am I missing something? > > Thanks. > > JBB
I'm not much of a proofreader, but your smb.conf looks good to me. Perhaps it's one of those silly Windows Explorer browsing problems. Try smbclient -NL servername from the console of the server, and see if you see both printers there. If not, you know you've got something wrong in your smb.conf, However, both show up there, you've got one of those little browsing Network Neighborhood problems often solved by the preferred master=yes parameter. Steve Litt At 02:00 AM 03/24/2000 +1100, Jonathan Bayer wrote:>Hi, > >I checked the archives, but couldn't find this question: > >I have two printers set up on my RedHat Linux 6.1 box, called lp0 and lp1(original, huh?). Anyway, I want both of these printers to be visible>and browsable on the network. I have the following relevant lines in mysmb.conf file:> > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > public = yes > guest ok = yes > writable = no > printable = yes > >While I can net use to the printers, they don't show up in a net view orwhen I look at the Network window on the Windows desktop. Do I need>to specify each printer I want to be publicly visible, or am I missingsomething?> >Thanks. > > >JBB > > >
Bill -- The browseable=no just prevents a share called "printers" from appearing in the browse. Because [printers] is a special share, it reveals all printers in printcap regardless of its browseable status. I learned this the hard way :-) Steve Litt At 02:09 AM 03/24/2000 +1100, William R. Knox wrote:>Jonathan, >I do believe it's the 'browseable = no' parameter in your [printers] >section that's doing this. Try setting it to yes and see what happens. >Good luck! > >-- > Bill Knox > Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst > The MITRE Corporation > >Jonathan Bayer wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I checked the archives, but couldn't find this question: >> >> I have two printers set up on my RedHat Linux 6.1 box, called lp0 andlp1 (original, huh?). Anyway, I want both of these printers to be visible>> and browsable on the network. I have the following relevant lines in mysmb.conf file:>> >> printcap name = /etc/printcap >> load printers = yes >> >> [printers] >> comment = All Printers >> path = /var/spool/samba >> browseable = no >> public = yes >> guest ok = yes >> writable = no >> printable = yes >> >> While I can net use to the printers, they don't show up in a net view orwhen I look at the Network window on the Windows desktop. Do I need>> to specify each printer I want to be publicly visible, or am I missingsomething?>> >> Thanks. >> >> JBB >
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----->I have two printers set up on my RedHat Linux 6.1 box, called lp0 and lp1 (original, huh?). Anyway, I want both of these printers to be visible >and browsable on the network. I have the following relevant lines in my smb.conf file: > > printcap name = /etc/printcap > load printers = yes > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > browseable = no > public = yes > guest ok = yes > writable = no > printable = yes > >While I can net use to the printers, they don't show up in a net view or when I look at the Network window on the Windows desktop. Do I need >to specify each printer I want to be publicly visible, or am I missing something?I've had a number of people tell me to change browseable = no to browseable = yes Now, when it is "no" and I look at the fileserver using the Network Neighborhood on NT, I see a folder called "Printers", which is empty. When I change it to "yes", I then see a new printer called "Printer" as well as a folder called "Printer". So I don't think that this is the solution. JBB - -- ICQ # 44910403 Power Listviewer URL: http://www.bigfoot.com/~PowerListviewer PMMail Archiver URL: http://www.bigfoot.com/~Jonathan_Bayer/archiver For PGP Public key block/Fingerprint send the following message to me as the Subject: Send PGP Signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. iQCVAwUBONtsgo1F3x2FJJilAQGoEAP+NlK3WP5BrMIZdoIEntT7y4n82iRDSqoX bxExGaF7Q/oMGolRHZNrr2yV+W73KDHMna5fH+Z4gZQ48+E6nILDvqBI0RvJ1taO pv3dvVZP3jckLTsTiqnwZhgWrcFjJ1WIo7YW8JP/UMWH5Ijb6xKVYDLwmoOXes9U uvIpdFVYIw8=GGbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----