Hi, just being nosey :) How big is your environment? Especially of interest: number of printers configured on the samba server(s), and what architecture/OS the samba server is running on... bye, M.Homann Number of printers (on the single server which has the most printers): [ ] < 5 [ ] < 10 [ ] < 25 [ ] < 50 [ ] > 50 Printer driver system for clients [ ] old system (with that printer.def file and doing it 'by hand') [ ] SPOOLSS (uploading drivers from a WinNT/2k/XP Workstation) [ ] none at all (drivers installed on clients by hand) Architecture: [ ] x86 [ ] other (specify please) Operating System: [ ] linux [ ] any BSD [ ] commercial unix (specify please)
thomas_tiedtke@de.schindler.com
2002-Mar-06 09:13 UTC
[Samba] OT(?): Poll: how big is your environment
nice idea Mathias ... Regards Thomas
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Hi,
just being nosey :)
How big is your environment?
Especially of interest: number of printers configured on the samba
server(s), and what architecture/OS the samba server is running on...
bye,
M.Homann
Number of printers (on the single server which has the most printers):
[ ] < 5
[ ] < 10
[ ] < 25
[ ] < 50
[X] > 50
Printer driver system for clients
[ ] old system (with that printer.def file and doing it 'by
hand')
[ ] SPOOLSS (uploading drivers from a WinNT/2k/XP Workstation)
[ ] none at all (drivers installed on clients by hand)
[X] we are build some scripts (VBS and batch on client side
and shell on server) to automate the installation of the printers - and
using LANMAN printer connections
Architecture:
[ ] x86
[X] other (PA-RISC)
Operating System:
[ ] linux
[ ] any BSD
[X] commercial unix (HP/UX 10.20)
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thomas_tiedtke@de.schindler.com
2002-Mar-07 01:46 UTC
[Samba] OT(?): Poll: how big is your environment
Hi Mathias, the main idea was to use the LANMAN printing protocol instant of the SPOOLSS for the clients. In the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit i have found some VBS Scripts and a DLL to automate the actions of the MS Add Printer Wizzard. The tools are able to install a printer driver, a LANMAN port to a printer or server printer and to add a printer to the client.... Also, you can install printer on a server with this tools! This tools are only working for Windows 2000 and not for NT! Now we are must know some things: 1. the Name of the printer share 2. the printer model 3. the place of the printer driver 4. the inf file for printer driver installation Points 1. and 2. are known form the printer setup on the sever (I am plan to still using the Add printer wizzard for the server setup). The points 3 and 4 i will solve by putting a table on the server (by a shell script, that enum the inf files - must be run by hand, if you are add a new driver model). Maybe like: Printer Model#path to printer driver#name of inf file Now we have all info?s! The add printer script that are used by samba build a another table like: Name of Printer connection#Printer Model#path to printer driver#name of inf file This table will be used the client! The client run at netlogon some batch files there are get the selected printer for the client and grep the nessary infos form the second table and script the info?s into the VBS scripts. ... and finished! One Problem: you must check, if the printer to add on the client is all ready installed! ... But there is a listprinter VBS. Ok! I have tested the VBS scripts ... that works! I have to write the shell script and the samba used script to generate the two tables. The client Batch files are roughly finished! I you are interested in this solution give my a message! I will send all infos of the MS tools and - if i have finished - the unix scripts and the MS batch files. By the way: we are using HP/UX too ... 10.20 on 7 sites with round about 600+ users/clients. At the time e are in a migration phase: We are move the clients from W95 to W2000. Regards, Thomas PS. G?ttingen? You are too at the Samba eXPerience 2002 in G?ttingen? Gesendet von: samba-admin@lists.samba.org An: thomas_tiedtke@de.schindler.com Kopie: samba@lists.samba.org Thema: Re: [Samba] OT(?): Poll: how big is your environment thomas_tiedtke@de.schindler.com wrote:> > nice idea Mathias ... Regards Thomas> Architecture: > [ ] x86 > [X] other (PA-RISC) > > Operating System: > [ ] linux > [ ] any BSD > [X] commercial unix (HP/UX 10.20)Now THAT was the one I was waiting for!!! I have this task to automate the installation of printer drivers on some 20 samba servers running on HP-UX 10.20 and 11.00, each of them serves the SAME 70 printers (sort of load balancing... only sort of...) and anything with a reasonable amount of interaction is out of the question. Best 'the big ones' would like was something which could run from cron, or get rsync'ed around every night. And while imprints *sounds* goot to me, 1. samba rpc spoolss stuff fails horribly where you have more than a handful of printers, and 2. unicode<->ascii translation seems to be broken, the list of driver files gets lost in the process... you got any hints for me? bye, MH -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 07:17, you wrote:> Hi, > > > just being nosey :) > > How big is your environment? > Especially of interest: number of printers configured on the samba > server(s), and what architecture/OS the samba server is running on... > > > bye, > M.Homann > > > Number of printers (on the single server which has the most printers): > [ ] < 5 > [ ] < 10 > [ ] < 25 > [ ] < 50 > [X] > 50 Eventually, only have 11 right now. > > Printer driver system for clients > [ ] old system (with that printer.def file and doing it 'by hand') > [X] SPOOLSS (uploading drivers from a WinNT/2k/XP Workstation) > [ ] none at all (drivers installed on clients by hand) > > Architecture: > [ ] x86 > [X] other (Suse 7.0 Enterprise on s/390) > > Operating System: > [X] linux > [ ] any BSD > [ ] commercial unix (specify please)