samba - Aug 2003 - NT: Cannot set default print options for client

Hi there!

* I put my printer drivers on the [print$] share
* Did everything as described in the Samba-Howto Colletcion
  (made the first connection as root, etc.)
* Connected to the printers with a normal user and now I cannot change the
  default print options allthough the user is in the local
  Administrators group. Everything is grayed out.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Thank you.
 +r

Dear Sambatistas,

I still have no solution to this problem, please don't let me down.

Best regards,
 +r
> Hi there!
>
> * I put my printer drivers on the [print$] share
> * Did everything as described in the Samba-Howto Colletcion
>   (made the first connection as root, etc.)
> * Connected to the printers with a normal user and now I cannot change the
>   default print options allthough the user is in the local
>   Administrators group. Everything is grayed out.
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
> Thank you.
> +r

Richard Coates writes:
 > did you check Kurts print howto for hints? 

The only hint I found was "Hmm... if everything is grayed out, then
you are not logged in as a user with enough privileges".

 > Have you setup "print admin" in smb.conf? I think printer
defaults are
 > uploaded to print$ and stored on server. You will need appropriate perms
 > for this.

No, I have not setup print admin in smb.conf as it is ok for me to do
server side configuration as root. And that works. If I log in as
root, I am able to change and store the default settings.

But if I log in as a user other than root I can't even change the
default document settings. Everything is gray and inactive, even if
the user is in the local admin group.

 +r

 > Richard Coates.
 > 
 > On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 01:22, Rainer Hubovsky wrote:
 > > Dear Sambatistas,
 > > 
 > > I still have no solution to this problem, please don't let me
down.
 > > 
 > > Best regards,
 > >  +r
 > > 
 > > > Hi there!
 > > >
 > > > * I put my printer drivers on the [print$] share
 > > > * Did everything as described in the Samba-Howto Colletcion
 > > >   (made the first connection as root, etc.)
 > > > * Connected to the printers with a normal user and now I cannot
change the
 > > >   default print options allthough the user is in the local
 > > >   Administrators group. Everything is grayed out.
 > > >
 > > > Any idea what I am doing wrong?
 > > >
 > > > Thank you.
 > > > +r
 >

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On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Rainer Hubovsky wrote:
> > * I put my printer drivers on the [print$] share
> > * Did everything as described in the Samba-Howto Colletcion
> >   (made the first connection as root, etc.)
> > * Connected to the printers with a normal user and now I cannot change
the
> >   default print options allthough the user is in the local
> >   Administrators group. Everything is grayed out.
local admin != printer admin on the server.




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Gerald (Jerry) Carter writes:
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 > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Rainer Hubovsky wrote:
 > 
 > > > * I put my printer drivers on the [print$] share
 > > > * Did everything as described in the Samba-Howto Colletcion
 > > >   (made the first connection as root, etc.)
 > > > * Connected to the printers with a normal user and now I cannot
change the
 > > >   default print options allthough the user is in the local
 > > >   Administrators group. Everything is grayed out.
 > 
 > local admin != printer admin on the server.

Hm, maybe I misunderstood the Howto. I thought it is possible for the
printer admin to change and save the default settings which the
clients get when they connect to the printer for the first time and
for every user to save her own default settings for printing. Is that
correct?

 +r