samba - Oct 2002 - Printing Status - Access denied, unable to connect

Hi,

I have Samba 2.2.3a setup on a RH Linux 2.4.18-10 box as a print server. 
It works fine, well kind of. The users can print their documents but on 
their end the get the good old "Access Denied, unable to connect"
error.
It does not seem to have any effect on the actual printing but its sucks 
not being able to cancel a job. Anyone know if it is possible to not get 
this error and be able to cancel jobs from the client machine?

Thanks,

Nick

I had the same problem, in the same software environment as you have.  
Upgrading to Samba v2.2.6 fixed it.

http://samba.gorski.net/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/redhat/

Hope this helps.


On Tuesday 29 October 2002 03:48 pm, Nick wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have Samba 2.2.3a setup on a RH Linux 2.4.18-10 box as a print
> server. It works fine, well kind of. The users can print their
> documents but on their end the get the good old "Access Denied, unable
> to connect" error. It does not seem to have any effect on the actual
> printing but its sucks not being able to cancel a job. Anyone know if
> it is possible to not get this error and be able to cancel jobs from
> the client machine?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick

All I did to solve the Access denied problem is add my users to the 
'printer admin = @users' :). Now I can delete/cancle jobs though :(. 
Here is my config:

[global]
print admin = @users

# shares

[HP_LaserJet_4000]
  comment = Main Printer
  path = /var/spool/lpd/HP_LaserJet_4000
  guest ok = yes
  public = yes
  printer = HP_LaserJet_4000
  ;printing = bsd
  printable = yes
  browsable = yes
  print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p %s && rm %s
  lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
  lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j



[HP_LaserJet_6P]
  comment = Front Desk Printer
  path = /var/spool/lpd/HP_LaserJet_6P
  guest ok = yes
  public = yes
  printer = HP_LaserJet_6P
  ;printing = bsd
  printable = yes
  browsable = yes
  print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p %s && rm %s
  lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P%p
  lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

Aaron Matlock wrote:
>use client driver (S)
>This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000 clients. It has no affect on
>Windows 95/98/ME clients. When serving a printer to Windows NT/2000 clients
>without first installing a valid printer driver on the Samba host, the
>client will be required to install a local printer driver. From this point
>on, the client will treat the print as a local printer and not a network
>printer connection. This is much the same behavior that will occur when
>disable spoolss = yes.
>
>The differentiating factor is that under normal circumstances, the NT/2000
>client will attempt to open the network printer using MS-RPC. The problem is
>that because the client considers the printer to be local, it will attempt
>to issue the OpenPrinterEx() call requesting access rights associated with
>the logged on user. If the user possesses local administator rights but not
>root privilegde on the Samba host (often the case), the OpenPrinterEx() call
>will fail. The result is that the client will now display an "Access
Denied;
>Unable to connect" message in the printer queue window (even though
jobs may
>successfully be printed).
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nick" <Nick@TheLinuxShack.com>
>To: <samba@lists.samba.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:48 PM
>Subject: [Samba] Printing Status - Access denied, unable to connect
>
>
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have Samba 2.2.3a setup on a RH Linux 2.4.18-10 box as a print server.
>>It works fine, well kind of. The users can print their documents but on
>>their end the get the good old "Access Denied, unable to
connect" error.
>>It does not seem to have any effect on the actual printing but its sucks
>>not being able to cancel a job. Anyone know if it is possible to not get
>>this error and be able to cancel jobs from the client machine?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Nick
>>
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