Hi I?m having difficulty configuring Samba running on FreeBSD. Samba
version is 2.2.8a. The scenario is that we have an NT4 domain and I am
looking to migrate the printers onto Samba. All of the printers are
connected via print servers, mainly HP JetDirect. As far as security is
concerned I am happy for guest/anonymous logon as the server will only
be used for printing but I have set security to domain and added samba
to the domain.
As things stand I have setup a test share which is visible from both
Win98 and XP. I have also setup a JetDirect connected printer and can
print to it using lpr. What I can't seem to do is print via Samba,
either using smbclient or Windows. Smbclient errors with an
NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED error, windows clients just report the printer
is not contactable.
I have also added the nobody user to the samba passwords file with a
blank password - I really don't want to have to add all users to
unix/samba.
My conf files are below:
Smb.conf
--------
[global]
netbios name = samba
workgroup = MMO
wins server = x.x.x.x #changed
os level = 33
security = domain
encrypt passwords = yes
# printcap name = /etc/printcap
password server = *
[beyond] # temporary printer share to test setup
path = /var/spool/lpd
guest ok = yes
printable = yes
printing = BSD
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
[test] #test file share
comment = For testing only, please
path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
read only = no
guest ok = yes
printcap file
-------------
####### test for new printer#######
beyond|raw1:\
:lp=:\
:rm=beyond:\
:rp=raw:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/beyond:
In addition I have added an entry in /etc/host to define beyond - none
of the docs mention this but raw lpr doesn't seem to work without it.
Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong? Also should I use lpr or cups
as we don't have any postscript printers?
Regards,
?
Chris
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Christopher Moss
Murray McIntosh O'Brien
Wellesley House
204 London Road
Waterlooville
PO7 7AN
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023 9223 1006
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Hi Chris try to add the following option in Your smb.conf for the specific printer use client driver = Yes This worked for me, but I use samba 3.0.4. I don't know exactly, whether this option is valid for samba 2.2.8.a Olaf PS: What a match yesterday Portugal <-> England!!!!!
Thanks for the reply Keith but unforutnately I'm still not winning. I've
tried using security = share but was plagued with password requests
whether I created guest user with null passwords or stuck with the
default nobody user. I also tried security = user again without any joy
I went back to security domain. I can now see the printer but it shows
as Opening on the XP machine's printers and faxes dialog and if I
succeed in opening it I get the Access denied, can not connect message.
I have trawled the web and found a few references to this but few if any
suggestions. Also I have managed to create a TCPIP port in windows and
print to the printer. Also on the unix machine I can issue
smbclient //samba/beyond
I get prompted for a password and just press return. I am then told that
anonymous logon is successful, however when I try to print a local file
I get the following: Error unable to open local file.
As an aside I have been trying to print from Win98 via Samba without
success but I notice in the smbd log the following:
Unable to connect to CUPS server: connection refused
This may explain the problems but I have never installed CUPS on the
system so where is Samba picking this default setting up from?
For info my latest attempt at a config file is attached - the file share
is working perfectly but the printer share while visible in doing
nothing!! Can
[Global]
netbios name = samba
workgroup = MMO
wins server = x.x.x.x
os level = 33
security = domain
encrypt passwords = yes
guest account = smbguest
guest ok = yes
nt acl support = no
null passwords = yes
load printers = yes
[beyond]
path = /var/spool/lpd/beyond
printing = BSD
printable = yes
print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r -s%
use client driver = yes
guest ok = yes
[temp]
path = /usr/local/samba/tmp
browseable = yes
read only = no
comment = Test share
guest ok = yes
I apologies for being thick but I'm new to FreeBSD and Samba and my Unix
skills are a bit rusty - it's about three years since I last worked on
AIX. If anyone has a set by set Janet and John guide I'd be most
grateful.
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Moss
Murray McIntosh O'Brien
Wellesley House
204 London Road
Waterlooville
PO7 7AN
023 9223 1006
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Edmunds [mailto:keith@midnighthax.com]
Sent: 24 June 2004 17:11
To: chris
Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba config
Hi Chris
Saw your note on the Samba list. Some quick thoughts (sorry if you've
already checked these things):
> As far as security is
> concerned I am happy for guest/anonymous logon as the server will only
> be used for printing but I have set security to domain and added samba
> to the domain.
If you're happy with guest access then configure it for guest access -
much
easier than messing with domains.
> [global]
> netbios name = samba
> workgroup = MMO
> wins server = x.x.x.x #changed
> os level = 33
> security = domain
> encrypt passwords = yes
> # printcap name = /etc/printcap
> password server = *
>
> [beyond] # temporary printer share to test setup
> path = /var/spool/lpd
---is /var/spool/lpd writable by all?
> guest ok = yes
> printable = yes
> printing = BSD
> print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
---su to your guest user and ensure that the above command works
> Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong? Also should I use lpr or
cups> as we don't have any postscript printers?
You can create raw queues in CUPS quite easily; CUPS is not limited to
PostScript printers.
I'd start by removing the server from the domain (keep it simple).
Good luck.
Keith
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On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, chris wrote:> Hi I?m having difficulty configuring Samba running on FreeBSD. Samba > version is 2.2.8a. The scenario is that we have an NT4 domain and I am > looking to migrate the printers onto Samba. All of the printers are > connected via print servers, mainly HP JetDirect. As far as security is > concerned I am happy for guest/anonymous logon as the server will only > be used for printing but I have set security to domain and added samba > to the domain.Here is a smb.conf file for a standalone printer server with cups on FreeBSD: ......................................................... # Global parameters [global] netbios name = SMALL security = SHARE passdb backend = guest ldap ssl = no hosts allow = 192.168.10. [hpdj] path = /var/spool/samba guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes ........................................................ /var/spool/samba is set to drwxrwxrwt 2 root wheel 512 19 Jun 11:47 samba (You do this with # mkdir samba # chmod 1777 samba ) And: enable application/octet-stream in /usr/local/etc/cups/mime.types and application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 - in /usr/local/etc/cups/mime.convs Hope this helps, Uli. +-------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-------------------------+