Seem to have come to a dead end trying to configure a cups printer on a
samba server. Been reading and googling till my eyes are about ready to
google themselves. Anyway, it would be fantastic if one of you might have
seen something I've missed.
Setup: linux server running samba3. Also on the lan are a win95, winXP
and linux box.
smb.conf:
[global]
workgroup = HOME
server string = valhalla # my hostname
hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
interfaces = eth1 # I have a cable modem on eth0
printing = cups
printcap name = cups
load printers = yes
guest account = snorri # my user
guest ok = yes
map to guest = bad user
<insert log commands here>
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
[backup]
comment = backup directory
path = /mnt/backup
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
writeable = no
*************************************************************************************
Results:
Backup directory share works fine - no problem here.
"testparm smb.conf" verified ok
"smbclient -L valhalla" lists directory and printer lp0 accurately
"smbclient //valhalla/lp0" is accessed no problem, but
print <textfile> hangs until it gets a Call timed out response.
"tail /var/log/samba/valhalla.log" shows up the message
print cache expired for queue lp0 .... but nothing else ominous.
all the nmblookup commands seem to work fine as well, it detects
everything
in the environs without too much hassle.
the windows machine can see the printer if I set browseable to yes, but
hangs if
I try to do anything with it.
lastly, firewall was off while I was testing. I also brought the eth0
interface down
just in case it was causing problems.
So I'm confounded and have no idea where to go from here!
Thanks,
Daniel.
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Daniel Stonier
email:snorri_dj@operamail.com
http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/
