Hello all. I've set up a Samba server on a Sun E280 box running Solaris 8.
The
server is part of a domain. I am having some problems printing. I can setup
the printers on the Windows NT workstations using the Add Printer wizard.
However, when I try to print I get inconsistent results. After installing the
printer the workstation has to be restarted (sometimes more than once) before
anything (test page or otherwise) prints. In some cases the print job sent
to the printer goes into a black hole and sits in /tmp. In other instances
the print job gets printed under the banner 'nobody'. The name on the
banner
page is not the username (eg. dtheodor in my case). Sometimes it prints
perfectly. This is rather inconsistent and is currently the only obstacle to
deploying the server into production. If anyone has any ideas as to how to
stabilize printing they would be most welcomed and truly appreciated.
BTW: One other thing. Sometimes when one navigates to the server in Windows
Explorer and double clicks on it in the left pane. The descriptions (as per
the the comment defintion in the conf file) for each share does displays
'nobody' wherever a variable (%u, %g) should have been translated. Again
this
is not consistent....any ideas?
Thanks in advance for your help/suggestions! The following is my smb.conf.
# Global parameters
[globals]
netbios name = hornbill
# server string = Samba %v on Netbios (%L), DNS hostname (%h)
server string = Library's %L
workgroup = domain name
local master = no
allow hosts = x.x.x.x y.y.y.y
security = domain
browsable = yes
password server = eagle starling sparrow
machine password timeout = 314496000
remote announce = valid address
wins server = valid wins server name
# force Samba to bind only to hme0
interfaces = x.x.x.x/255.255.255.0
bind interfaces only = yes
socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE TCP_NODELAY
# dead time = 15
dead time = 0
# Encrypt all passwords stored in /usr/local/samba.private/smbpasswd
encrypt passwords = yes
username map = /usr/local/samba/lib/nt-names
smb passwd file = /usr/local/samba/private/smbpasswd
# not allowed to log in
invalid users = root daemon bin sys adm lp listen sshd\
erl webspirs samba rob jan daulton
writeable = yes
guest account = nobody
# Debug Logging information
log level = 3
log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m
max log size = 5000
debug timestamp = yes
# printing stuff
printing = SYSV
load printers = yes
use client driver = yes
printer admin = dtheodor
# ---------------------------------------
# Home Directory
# ---------------------------------------
[homedir]
comment = %u
path = /files1/user/%g/%u
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
# guest ok = yes
# ---------------------------------------
# Departments
# ---------------------------------------
[dept]
comment = %g
path = /files1/user/%g
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
read only = no
guest ok = yes
# --------------------------------------
# All department shares
# --------------------------------------
[alldepts]
comment = All Departments
path = /files1/user
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
hide files = /lost+found/
valid users = @libsys dtheodor
# ------------------------------------
# Shared directory for each department
# ------------------------------------
[deptshr]
comment = %g Shared Directory
path = /files1/user/%g/common
guest ok = no
read only = no
create mode = 0770
writable = yes
browseable = yes
# --------------------------------------
# shared directory for ALL staff
# --------------------------------------
[libshare]
comment = Library staff shared directory
path = /files1/user/common
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
create mode = 766
guest ok = yes
# ---------------------------------------
# Applications folder
# ---------------------------------------
[apps]
comment = applications folder
path = /files1/apps
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
guest ok = yes
hide files = /lost+found/
# --------------------------------------
# Printer definitions
# --------------------------------------
[printers]
comment = Printers
path = /tmp
printable = yes
create mask = 0700
browseable = yes
public = yes
guest ok = yes
print ok = yes
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Daulton Theodore </\ Tel: 613-520-2600 ext. 8352
Carleton University Library _\\ Fax: 613-520-2750
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