After following a few posts on the same topic I got some confidence and I
reawaken my need to print from my windows2000 computer through Mandrake 9.2
(Samba 2.2.8). After going through all the steps described I got the same
result as the last time I tried to do this - none. When connecting the
printer in windows, it installs the windows drivers and sets it as the
default printer. Yet the same error is still displaying "Status: access
denied, unable to connect".
How I configured my Samba server in linux:
Both computers are on the same workgroup: MDKGROUP
Added the windows user and smbpasswd -a user
Configured samba to encrypt passwords and also accept logins without
passwords as the windows user does not use a password.
Made the printer sharable,browsable, and writable by the windows user.
Does anyone have any ideas. Can somebody post a configuration file that
works with similar settings please?! I would like to stop printing through
the windows pc as it is a laptop and unlike my linux machine it is not
alway switched on or attached to the network.
I do not know if it helps but this is my smb.conf
The windows user is marianne although in windows it appears as Marianne.
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[global]
printing = cups
max log size = 50
netbios name = Mandrake
encrypt passwords = yes
printcap name = cups
dns proxy = no
load printers = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
map to guest = bad user
printer admin = @adm
os level = 20
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
null passwords = yes
workgroup = MDKGROUP
security = user
server string = Samba Server %v
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
read only = no
[CristiLexmark]
public = yes
writeable = yes
print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side
printer
drivers.
comment = printer on mandrake
printer = LexmarkZ45
printable = yes
create mask = 0700
valid users = marianne
path = /var/spool/samba
[print$]
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
write list = @adm root
guest ok = yes
[pdf-generator]
path = /var/tmp
printable = Yes
comment = PDF Generator (only valid users)
#print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf file path win_path
recipient IP doc_name &
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I &
[pdf-screen]
copy = pdf-generator
comment = PDF Generator - Screen quality (only valid users)
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I
""
%S &
[pdf-printer]
copy = pdf-generator
comment = PDF Generator - Print quality (only valid users)
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I
""
%S &
[pdf-prepress]
copy = pdf-generator
comment = PDF Generator - PrePress quality (only valid users)
print command = /usr/share/samba/scripts/print-pdf %s ~%u //%L/%u %m %I
""
%S &
[download]
admin users = +cristi
valid users = cristi,marianne
writeable = yes
path = /home/cristi/download
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