I am unable to add drivers to network printer. I am logged in as a user who is allowed to write to those shares. But when ever I right click on the Properties of the printer when viewing \\DC\Printers and Faxes\PrinterName, Most of the tabs are disabled. I was able to install the drivers some time ago. But not any more. The more weird thing is that for some of the network printers, the Ports tab of the Properties Pages lists "LPT1,LPT2,LPT3,COM1,...COM4,FILE" and for the others it lists "Samba Printer Port". Infact, the ones for which the drivers are already installed on the network (which I did a week ago) show the "LPT1,..." list while those printers which I just added to the printcap file by hand, display "Samba Printer Port". Here are the important portions of my smb.conf file. Let me know if you want any other information. [global] # security, users and passwords security = user encrypt passwords = yes domain logons = yes smb passwd file = /etc/local/samba/smbpasswd add user script = /etc/local/samba/add_user %u # Printing configs printer admin = @staff printing = LPRNG printcap name = /etc/local/samba/printcap ; testing purposes so we can debug drivers.. print command = echo "%s on %p" >> /tmp/printlog lpq command = lpq -P%p lpq cache time = 30 lprm command = lprm %j min print space = 2000 load printers = yes ; add printer wizard doesn't seem to work either show add printer wizard = no addprinter command = /etc/local/samba/add_printer [print$] path = /packages/samba/shares/print$ read only = yes browseable = no write list = @staff [printers] path = /tmp printable = yes writeable = no read only = yes guest ok = no write list = @staff
what does the log say is the problem? i had a problem with mine not working after a while and found that it wasn't resolving against our NT server. obvioulsy that's not your problem because your security is set to user.... check out the log level on samba/cups perhaps? don't forget when you add a printer on your winblows machine your not changing the server. you need to browse to \\sambaserver and then browse to printers to modify the server drivers/properties.... regards Matthew -----Original Message----- From: samba-bounces@lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of ganapathy murali krishnan Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 3:27 AM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] Printer Permissions Problem I am unable to add drivers to network printer. I am logged in as a user who is allowed to write to those shares. But when ever I right click on the Properties of the printer when viewing \\DC\Printers and Faxes\PrinterName, Most of the tabs are disabled. I was able to install the drivers some time ago. But not any more. The more weird thing is that for some of the network printers, the Ports tab of the Properties Pages lists "LPT1,LPT2,LPT3,COM1,...COM4,FILE" and for the others it lists "Samba Printer Port". Infact, the ones for which the drivers are already installed on the network (which I did a week ago) show the "LPT1,..." list while those printers which I just added to the printcap file by hand, display "Samba Printer Port". Here are the important portions of my smb.conf file. Let me know if you want any other information. [global] # security, users and passwords security = user encrypt passwords = yes domain logons = yes smb passwd file = /etc/local/samba/smbpasswd add user script = /etc/local/samba/add_user %u # Printing configs printer admin = @staff printing = LPRNG printcap name = /etc/local/samba/printcap ; testing purposes so we can debug drivers.. print command = echo "%s on %p" >> /tmp/printlog lpq command = lpq -P%p lpq cache time = 30 lprm command = lprm %j min print space = 2000 load printers = yes ; add printer wizard doesn't seem to work either show add printer wizard = no addprinter command = /etc/local/samba/add_printer [print$] path = /packages/samba/shares/print$ read only = yes browseable = no write list = @staff [printers] path = /tmp printable = yes writeable = no read only = yes guest ok = no write list = @staff -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba