Greetings,
I'm having some problems adding client printer drivers to a 2.2debian-2
Samba server via a Win2k client and the Add Printers Wizard. I had manually
added one driver set (Generic Adobe Postscript) and then manually removed
the same (copying all relevant files to /etc/samba/drivers (and then
deleting them) on Debian potato).
Then, I tried to use the OEM drivers (Samsung 1650 PCL 6), but I suspect I
may have done it incorrectly. Upon subsequent attempts (after deleting all
the files from the .../drivers/W32X86 directory), I am still unable to
successfully upload drivers. I have a suspicion that there remain some
entries regarding my failed uploads in a .tdb file or some such (perhaps the
ntdrivers.tdb or ntprinters.tdb in my /var/state/samba directory?). My
question is:
Can I safely delete these files (or some others) to force smbd to refresh
its cached printer drivers database? Is there any way to be sure that no
remnants linger from past driver sets?
I have the following suspicious lines from my smbd logfile (they are out of
context, but hopefully meaningful):
yield_connection: tdb_delete for name failed with error Record does not
exist
And also:
close_printer_handle: Invalid handle (OTHER)
Now, I can see that files are being uploaded into the .../drivers/W32X86
directory, but they are not successfully being served out. Any suggestions
or pointers would be appreciated.
Manuel Gomez
ER Solutions, Inc.
Systems Programmer
206/340-6407 voice
206/340-4004 fax
erg@e-r-solutions.com <mailto:erg@e-r-solutions.com>
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On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Manuel Gomez wrote:> I'm having some problems adding client printer drivers to a 2.2debian-2 > Samba server via a Win2k client and the Add Printers Wizard. I had > manually added one driver set (Generic Adobe Postscript) and then > manually removed the same (copying all relevant files to > /etc/samba/drivers (and then deleting them) on Debian potato).Just copying the files to [print$] does not install them on the server. This is done via RPC (the AddPrinterDriver() MS-RPC call) by the APW.> Then, I tried to use the OEM drivers (Samsung 1650 PCL 6), but I > suspect I may have done it incorrectly. Upon subsequent attempts (after > deleting all the files from the .../drivers/W32X86 directory), I am > still unable to successfully upload drivers. I have a suspicion that > there remain some entries regarding my failed uploads in a .tdb file or > some such (perhaps the ntdrivers.tdb or ntprinters.tdb in my > /var/state/samba directory?). My question is: > > Can I safely delete these files (or some others) to force smbd to > refresh its cached printer drivers database? Is there any way to be > sure that no remnants linger from past driver sets?To clear all printer driver and printer information (besides that stored in smb.conf). * remove all files from [print$] * remove ${lockdir}/nt*.tdb cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca--