Van Sickler, Jim
2002-May-03 14:33 UTC
[Samba] Win2k Printer Installation Woes Continue....
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Sorry, I'm a bit slap-happy...been fighting Win2k/APW problems ever since I upgraded to 2.2.3a. Still having problems >2.2.4-pre and now 2.2.4. I have a workaround, sort of...set disable spoolss=no, install drivers for the HP printers; then set disable spoolss=yes. Add "use client driver=no" on each of the HP printer entries. Add "use client driver=yes" for the non-HP printers. I have 3 non-HP, and they either use the Lexmark or AdobePS install proggies. Can't install the drivers on the Samba box using APW. I've posted a few items recently while working on the problem; APW is only part of the problem. If disable spoolss=no, adding a printer on my Win2k PC results in the following: 1. Adding a printer from the Samba box doesn't result in a System Event 2 (printer added). 2. I can't view the Properties on either the installed printer or the printer icon on the Samba box. 3. Removing the printer from my system allows me to view the Samba's printer Properties. If disable spoolss=no, the following issues arise on the Samba APW printers: 1. Two sets of printers are displayed: one a grey icon, which only has a General tab when opened. Blue Shared Printer icons that appear when the Printers folder is opened. I can view the Properties on the printer, as long as it isn't installed on my system. 2. Security on the APW printer icon displays only Everyone and the SID for my Domain Admin, with an Unknown User indicator icon. Unlike my 2.2.2 server, no attempt seems to be made to resolve the ID of the SID. (My 2.2.2 box first displays the SID, then an hourglass is displayed until the resolved name replaces the SID.) If I add Tucson\Domain Users, the group icon is displayed ok. If I close the Security tab, then open it again, only the SID is displayed. This occurs for every user/group added. If disable spoolss=yes, then I can install the printer, and display Properties on both. The Security tab displays the same info on both system/Samba printer icons: my local Win2k rights to the printer. I think this is as it should be. Why is this happening? What can be done to correct it? ENQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW!!! I'm about ready to go back to 2.2.1a, the last fully functional version I've run....I lost print status going to 2.2.2.... Also, would someone in the know please respond with the following information: chown user.group and chmod ???? rights for /printers and it's subdirs samba's spool dir/subdir's