samba - Feb 2003 - Problems loading printer list using Samba 2.2.7a with CUPS

I am using Samba to successfully load the printer list directly from
CUPS with one fairly significant caveat.

If a printer is added to CUPS while Samba is running there is apparently
nothing I can do to have it visibly appear when doing a list of the
services in Samba (such as with "smbclient -L").  This is also a
problem
if Samba starts before CUPS in the boot sequence.

I find that this is a significant problem because Windows XP will
apparently not let you add a printer (even if you specify it's path by
name) if you can't see the printer listed when doing "smbclient
-L".
Restarting Samba shows the printers in the share list and allows XP to
add them.

Is anyone else seeing this problem and is there anything I can do to fix
it?  Restarting Samba isn't a very practical solution every time a
printer is added.

My smb.conf has these printing related options set:
   printcap name = cups
   load printers = yes
   printing = cups

Thanks,
Sean

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On 11 Feb 2003, Sean Millichamp wrote:
> I am using Samba to successfully load the printer list directly from
> CUPS with one fairly significant caveat.
> 
> If a printer is added to CUPS while Samba is running there is apparently
> nothing I can do to have it visibly appear when doing a list of the
> services in Samba (such as with "smbclient -L").  This is also a
problem
> if Samba starts before CUPS in the boot sequence.
known bug.  The workaround i think is to send a HUP signal to the smbd in 
question.  Will be fixed in 3.0.  

Are you using and addprinter command in smb.conf?  If so I can probably 
send you a small patch for 2.2.




cheers, jerry
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Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote on Samba-Digest:
> On 11 Feb 2003, Sean Millichamp wrote:
> 
>> I am using Samba to successfully load the printer list directly from
>> CUPS with one fairly significant caveat.
>> 
>> If a printer is added to CUPS while Samba is running there is
apparently
>> nothing I can do to have it visibly appear when doing a list of the
>> services in Samba (such as with "smbclient -L").  This is
also a problem
>> if Samba starts before CUPS in the boot sequence.
> 
> known bug.  The workaround i think is to send a HUP signal to the smbd in 
> question.  Will be fixed in 3.0.  
Is it possible to fix this in 2.2.8 too?

Please, please consider to fix this also in the next (last?) 2.2.x release.

> Are you using and addprinter command in smb.conf?  If so I can probably 
> send you a small patch for 2.2.
> 
> 
> cheers, jerry
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Thanks,
Kurt