Donald Wong
2004-Aug-05 00:47 UTC
[Samba] "New Driver" button greyed out on Windows Client Despite having sufficient rights
I'm trying to add/connect to printers through samba, and tried to go
through the "Add Printer Wizard" by clicking "No" for the
"Do you want
to install the driver now?" Prompt, but now the "New Driver"
button
under "Advanced" tab is greyed out, and there's nothing to choose
from
the printer driver list.
I googled and the only response that I've found so far are about
insufficient rights, so I checked that I'm within the printer admin
group but still not able to use the "New Driver" button. I even try
to
just list myself as the printer admin and still didn't work. I also
have sufficient rights to access the print$ share.
Any inputs? Thanks
smb.conf:
[printers]
comment = All printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
guest ok = yes
public = yes
read only = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = @admin
[print$]
comment = Printer Driver Download Area
path = /etc/samba/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = @admin, root
Software:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS, kernel 2.4.21-15.0.2.ELsmp
SAMBA 3.0.2 Release 6.3E
CUPS 1.1.17 Release 13.3.6
Printers:
HP LaserJet 2300dtn
HP ColorLaserJet 4550
Gerald (Jerry) Carter
2004-Aug-16 02:45 UTC
[Samba] "New Driver" button greyed out on Windows Client Despite having sufficient rights
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Donald Wong wrote:> I'm trying to add/connect to printers through samba, and tried to go > through the "Add Printer Wizard" by clicking "No" for the "Do you want > to install the driver now?" Prompt, but now the "New Driver" button > under "Advanced" tab is greyed out, and there's nothing to choose from > the printer driver list. > > I googled and the only response that I've found so far are about > insufficient rights, so I checked that I'm within the printer admin > group but still not able to use the "New Driver" button. I even try to > just list myself as the printer admin and still didn't work. I also > have sufficient rights to access the print$ share.Something is still wrong then, because the button is greyed out by the windows client when the OpenPrinter() with admin access fails. I didn't see a 'printer admin' line in the global section. cheers, jerry - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Alleviating the pain of Windows(tm) ------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ----- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc "If we're adding to the noise, turn off this song"--Switchfoot (2003) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFBIB+eIR7qMdg1EfYRAseSAKDkdlgzspgwDcehkcG3aZ359ZYhWgCgpQw2 Uj8U8VhSUrKbPhHhWg+eGAk=Ax5O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----