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John Aldrich

2001-Apr-30 17:49 UTC

Can't print to printer attached to Win98 from linux

I have more info here.... I've got my /etc/samba/smb.conf file from home and
my
/etc/printcap files here....
First of all, a recap:
I set up SAMBA using WebMin on RedHat 7.1 last night. The Windows 98 SE box and
the RedHat 7.1 box are side by side on the same physical desk and on the same
physical and numerical network. I can share files between the two (both
directions, apparently) but can't seem to print, even though I've gone
into the
WebMin and configured it as a printer shared on a SAMBA network. 
The printer is a Canon BJC-1000 and is shared as "CANON" and is on the
Win98 SE
box. I suspect there is a problem with the config on the linux side as I never
even see the ATTEMPT to print on the Windows machine.

I had to enable encrypted passwords to even share drives, etc. I checked and
didn't see any errors in the log files... it's like the print attempts
never
happened. :-(


Below is pasted in my /etc/printcap file:

# /etc/printcap
#
# DO NOT EDIT! MANUAL CHANGES WILL BE LOST!
# This file is autogenerated by printconf-backend during lpd init.
#
# Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be included.

###############################################################################
## Everything below here is included verbatim from /etc/printcap.local       ##
###############################################################################
# printcap.local
#
# This file is included by printconf's generated printcap,
# and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers.

canon|bjc1000:sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon:sh:cm=bjc1000:lp=|/usr/share/printconf/smbprint:if=/usr/share/printconf/mf_wrapper:


Below is the /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too
# many!) most of which are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) 
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
"testparm"
# to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors. 
#
#======================= Global Settings
====================================[global]
	remote announce = 10.0.0.50/Workgroup
	printing = lprng
	dns proxy = no 
	encrypt passwords = yes
	protocol = NT1
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	wins support = true
	printcap name = /etc/printcap
	ssl ca certfile = /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
	workgroup = Workgroup
	server string = Samba Server
	netbios name = slave1
	log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
	load printers = yes
	netbios aliases = slave1
	default = homes

[homes]
	writable = yes
	sync always = yes
	comment = Home Directories
	browseable = no
	preserve case = yes
	case sensitive = yes
	max connections = 5

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
   guest ok = no
   printable = yes

# This one is useful for people to share files
;[tmp]
;   comment = Temporary file space
;   path = /tmp
;   read only = no
;   public = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in
# the "staff" group
;[public]
;   comment = Public Stuff
;   path = /home/samba
;   public = yes
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no
;   write list = @staff

# Other examples. 
#
# A private printer, usable only by fred. Spool data will be placed in
fred's
# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,
# wherever it is.
;[fredsprn]
;   comment = Fred's Printer
;   valid users = fred
;   path = /homes/fred
;   printer = freds_printer
;   public = no
;   printable = yes

# A private directory, usable only by fred. Note that fred requires write
# access to the directory.
;[fredsdir]
;   comment = Fred's Service
;   path = /usr/somewhere/private
;   valid users = fred
;   public = no
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects
# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could
# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.
# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.
;[pchome]
;  comment = PC Directories
;  path = /usr/pc/%m
;  public = no
;  writable = yes

# A publicly accessible directory, read/write to all users. Note that all files
# created in the directory by users will be owned by the default user, so
# any user with access can delete any other user's files. Obviously this
# directory must be writable by the default user. Another user could of course
# be specified, in which case all files would be owned by that user instead.
;[public]
;   path = /usr/somewhere/else/public
;   public = yes
;   only guest = yes
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two
# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this
# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the
# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to
# as many users as required.
;[myshare]
;   comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff
;   path = /usr/somewhere/shared
;   valid users = mary fred
;   public = no
;   writable = yes
;   printable = no
;   create mask = 0765

Christian Barth

2001-Apr-30 18:33 UTC

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Can't print to printer attached to Win98 from linux

> I have more info here.... I've got my /etc/samba/smb.conf file from
home and my
> /etc/printcap files here....
> First of all, a recap:
> I set up SAMBA using WebMin on RedHat 7.1 last night. The Windows 98 SE box
and
> the RedHat 7.1 box are side by side on the same physical desk and on the
same
> physical and numerical network. I can share files between the two (both
> directions, apparently) but can't seem to print, even though I've
gone into the
> WebMin and configured it as a printer shared on a SAMBA network. 
> The printer is a Canon BJC-1000 and is shared as "CANON" and is
on the Win98 SE
> box. I suspect there is a problem with the config on the linux side as I
never
> even see the ATTEMPT to print on the Windows machine.
> 
> I had to enable encrypted passwords to even share drives, etc. I checked
and
> didn't see any errors in the log files... it's like the print
attempts never
> happened. :-(
I have just greped though my arcive. May the mail below helps you as 
well. Basically you have to start with debugging if it is a problem 
of samba or of your print system.

Coution: Check if all path / commands /syntax in the mail aplies to 
you. The smbclient command can know be used with / too

Christian

 

------- Forwarded message follows -------
From:           	"Christian Barth" <barth@cck.uni-kl.de>
To:             	samba-ntdom@us5.samba.org, Peter Leif Rasmussen 
<plr@tt.dk>
Subject:        	Re: A newbie question
Priority:       	normal
Date sent:      	Wed, 6 Dec 2000 18:39:54 +0100

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OK,
create a print-file sutiable for this printer. Is it a postscript 
printer, then any postscript file will be ok. I will call the file: 
test.ps.

Then, go into a Unix-Shell, type sh to enter the korn-shell,
then type a comand line like:

(echo "print -"; cat test.ps) | /usr/local/bin/smbclient 
\\\\NTMAIN\\prtb2s1 your_password -E -I 89.1.1.23 -N -P -U plr -W 
THRANE

One line!! The \ are repeated because they are special characters to 
the shell. Watch the error messages, read man smbclient. If the above 
works, the problem is not with samba and NT but with Mandrake. In the 
first case tell me the errors, in the later case forget the gui-
configuration, do it manually. Some where in the samba-docs should be 
a discription. Look in what is installed on your system. 
/etc/printcap. There should be some thing like:
smb:\
  lp=/dev/null:\
  sd=/usr/spool/smb:\
  sh:\
  if=/usr/bin/smbprint
with smb as Unix Printer name. Do a "locate smbprint" to see if you 
have a smbprint skript on your system. This skript has a config file, 
propably .config in the spool directory, and creates the above 
comand. But it may be packed into the Mandrake print-filters, ...

By the way,
it's good idea to create a "print-only" user on the NT-Server. The
password of this user is stored as plain text in the config file, 
which is world readable!! (must be?) So, don't use your account.

Probably only nmbd and not smbd must run for the smbclient comand to 
work. I'm not sure about this. Don't have unnessecary deamons running.

Christian


> I am terribly sorry to ask this supposedly FAQ, but I am enough in
> distress that I don't know where else to ask. If this place turns 
out to> the wrong place to ask please tell me where to. I did go through a
> number of emails in the archives, but couldn't pin point one that
> discussed my exact problem.
> 
> Basically I want to print out from a Linux machine recently 
installed> with Mandrake 7.2 to an HP4000 printer that sits on an NT4 server. 
With> all the configuration tools in Mandrake 7.2 I hoped that the Samba
> configuration would be a breeze. I do however not know anything 
about> neither NT4 and its way of printing, nor do I really understand 
what I> must look for and do in the Samba configuration.
> 
> Using "smbclient -L 89.1.1.23" I got the following, which I
believe
is> the right info (I filtered out everything else):
> 
> Sharename      Type      Comment
> ---------      ----      -------
> prtb2s1        Printer   HP printer
> 
> Server               Comment
> ---------            -------
> NTMAIN               Main NT  SERVER (PDC)
> 
> Workgroup            Master
> ---------            -------
> THRANE               NTMAIN
> 
> So while using 'printerdrake' to configure a printer with Samba
(and
> CUPS) I say that:
> 
> Name of printer:  lp
> SMB Server Host:  NTMAIN
> SMB Server IP:    89.1.1.23
> Share Name:       prtb2s1
> User Name:        plr
> Password:         ******       (I use my Windows network password)
> Workgroup:        THRANE
> 
> I select HP Laserjet 4000 from the CUPS menu, which corresponds 
with the> actual printer, but when I then select to print out a test page I 
always> get:
> 
> lpr: unable to print file: Not Accepting Jobs
> 
> And in a new window the following is displayed:
> 
>    Test page(s) have been sent to the printer daemon.
>    This may take a little time before printer start.
>    Printing status:
>    lp is not ready
> 
> 
>    Does it work properly?
> 
> I have tried fiddling with all the values in many ways, but as I 
don't> really understand what is necessary and what is going on I have now
> given up. I have asked our sysadmins, who are solely NT capable and 
they> have verified that the information regarding how the printers are
> connected to the NT server is correct. They are otherwise not able 
to> help me, and I don't know what good questions to ask them.
> 
> Could someone here please enlighten me?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> 
> 
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samba - Apr 2001 - Can't print to printer attached to Win98 from linux

Can't print to printer attached to Win98 from linux

Can't print to printer attached to Win98 from linux