Using SuSE V8.0 and Samba 2.2.7a-SuSE on a small network printing was OK from Win NT PC to a Linux printer until a few days ago. I am now getting confused about my smb.conf file, there is a line public=yes which I gather should be under [printers] or [print$] or both sections. I checked the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and added in that line to both sections using Kate (editor) as root. I can check smb.conf with testparm (as root or user john) and it checks OK but a dump of it in the terminal does not show the line I have added. I have stopped and restarted smbd and nmbd and even rebooted the computer but still that line does not show up when I dump smb.conf after running testparm. What am I doing wrong here? Is the line I entered public=yes working? It shows up in Kate OK? Any advice welcome? John This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind. Please remember to maintain your own anti virus up to date with the latest reference files.
"public" is a synonym for "guest ok". Check for that in the output of testparm John wrote:> > Using SuSE V8.0 and Samba 2.2.7a-SuSE on a small network > printing was OK from Win NT PC to a Linux printer until a few days > ago. > > I am now getting confused about my smb.conf file, there is a line > public=yes which I gather should be under [printers] or [print$] or > both sections. > > I checked the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and added in that line to both > sections using Kate (editor) as root. > > I can check smb.conf with testparm (as root or user john) and it > checks OK but a dump of it in the terminal does not show the line I > have added. I have stopped and restarted smbd and nmbd and > even rebooted the computer but still that line does not show up > when I dump smb.conf after running testparm. > > What am I doing wrong here? Is the line I entered public=yes > working? It shows up in Kate OK? > > Any advice welcome? > > John > > This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus > software for your peace of mind. > > Please remember to maintain your own anti virus up to date with > the latest reference files. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba-- =====================================================================Herb Lewis Silicon Graphics Networking Engineer 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy MS-510 Strategic Software Organization Mountain View, CA 94043-1351 herb@sgi.com Tel: 650-933-2177 http://www.sgi.com Fax: 650-932-2177 PGP Key: 0x8408D65D ======================================================================
Hi Herb,> "public" is a synonym for "guest ok". Check for that in the output of > testparm >Thanks for that, learn a new term every day :) John> > Using SuSE V8.0 and Samba 2.2.7a-SuSE on a small network > > printing was OK from Win NT PC to a Linux printer until a few days > > ago. > > > > I am now getting confused about my smb.conf file, there is a line > > public=yes which I gather should be under [printers] or [print$] or > > both sections. > > > > I checked the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and added in that line to > > both sections using Kate (editor) as root. > > > > I can check smb.conf with testparm (as root or user john) and it > > checks OK but a dump of it in the terminal does not show the line I > > have added. I have stopped and restarted smbd and nmbd and even > > rebooted the computer but still that line does not show up when I > > dump smb.conf after running testparm. > > > > What am I doing wrong here? Is the line I entered public=yes > > working? It shows up in Kate OK? > > > > Any advice welcome? > > > > John--John Blue, PO Box 542 Mawson ACT 2607 Australia email: jblue@bestpond.com Fax: +61 2 6291 1119 Mob: 041 922 6661 This email has been pre-scanned using the latest Anti Virus software for your peace of mind. Please remember to maintain your own anti virus up to date with the latest reference files.