samba - Feb 2005 - Prints ok, but says "Access denied, unable to connect". win2k and samba 2.2.1a

I have a small Samba 2.2.1a plus Win2k workgroup. Samba is running on
Redhat
7.2. 

There is a networked laserjet 5000 using a static IP which I can print
to
successfuly from the linux box, and from the win2k workstations via the
queue
on the linux box. 

The weird thing is that, on the win2k worksations, if I double click on
the
printer icon the status of the printer is reported as 
"Access denied, unable to connect". Yet it works???


Hello, I've been having this same problem with several of our laserjet
5000s on our network.  Did you find the cause of the problem?  Any help
would be appreciated.  Thanks



Joshua Ainsworth
Colorado Christian University
Tech Support
jainsworth@ccu.edu
303-963-3444

Members of the "Domain Admin Group" will not have this issue. You may
or
may not want to resolve it this way, since it does elevate regular users 
priveledges. If its a small install of responsible users, it may not 
matter.  see man smb.conf "domain admin group =".

g

Ainsworth, Joshua B. wrote:
> I have a small Samba 2.2.1a plus Win2k workgroup. Samba is running on
> Redhat
> 7.2. 
> 
> There is a networked laserjet 5000 using a static IP which I can print
> to
> successfuly from the linux box, and from the win2k workstations via the
> queue
> on the linux box. 
> 
> The weird thing is that, on the win2k worksations, if I double click on
> the
> printer icon the status of the printer is reported as 
> "Access denied, unable to connect". Yet it works???
> 
> 
> Hello, I've been having this same problem with several of our laserjet
> 5000s on our network.  Did you find the cause of the problem?  Any help
> would be appreciated.  Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Joshua Ainsworth
> Colorado Christian University
> Tech Support
> jainsworth@ccu.edu
> 303-963-3444
>

> I have a small Samba 2.2.1a plus Win2k workgroup. Samba is running on
> Redhat
> 7.2.
>
> There is a networked laserjet 5000 using a static IP which I can print
> to
> successfuly from the linux box, and from the win2k workstations via the
> queue
> on the linux box.
>
> The weird thing is that, on the win2k worksations, if I double click on
> the
> printer icon the status of the printer is reported as
> "Access denied, unable to connect". Yet it works???
>
I have the exact same message in XP with my HP LJ4 on a Suse 9.0 box. All 
the printing works, but the printer status reports "Access denied, unable
to
connect", but yes, it works?

Solution: IGNORE IT ; -)    It is something funky on the XP, win2K side. If 
you find out what it is, let me know....

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Hi,

I had the same problem and solved it by adding 

use client driver = yes

to the [printers] section.
I'm not quite sure whether this option is available in Samba 2.2.1a

Am Freitag, 11. Februar 2005 16:22 schrieb Ainsworth, Joshua
B.:
> I have a small Samba 2.2.1a plus Win2k workgroup. Samba is running on
> Redhat
> 7.2.
>
> There is a networked laserjet 5000 using a static IP which I can print
> to
> successfuly from the linux box, and from the win2k workstations via the
> queue
> on the linux box.
>
> The weird thing is that, on the win2k worksations, if I double click on
> the
> printer icon the status of the printer is reported as
> "Access denied, unable to connect". Yet it works???
>
Stefan
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> Hi,
> 
> I had the same problem and solved it by adding 
> 
> use client driver = yes
> 
> to the [printers] section.
> I'm not quite sure whether this option is available in
> Samba 2.2.1a
> 
Loading the printer drivers onto the server will also
eliminate these error messages ... at leaset in version
3.0.9.

However, see the following from man smb.conf:

use client driver (S)

This parameter applies only to Windows NT/2000 clients. It
has no effect on   Windows 95/98/ME clients. When serving a
printer to Windows NT/2000 clients without first installing
a valid printer driver on the Samba host,  the  client will
be required  to  install a local printer driver. From this
point on, the client will treat the print as a local printer
and not a network printer connection.  This is much the same
behavior that will occur when disable spoolss = yes.

The differentiating factor is that under normal
circumstances, the NT/2000 client will attempt to open the
network  printer  using  MS-RPC.  The  problem  is  that
because  the  client  considers the printer to be local, it
will attempt to issue the OpenPrinterEx() call requesting
access rights associated with the  logged  on user.  If the
user possesses local administator rights but not root
privilegde on the Samba host (often the case), the
OpenPrinterEx() call will fail.  The  result is that the
client will now display an "Access Denied; Unable to
connect" message in the printer queue window (even though
jobs may successfully be printed).

If this parameter is enabled for a printer, then any attempt
to open the  printer with the PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER
right is mapped to PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing
the OpenPrinterEx() call to succeed. This  parameter  MUST 
not  be able enabled on a print share which has valid print
driver installed on the Samba server.

Default: use client driver = no

> Am Freitag, 11. Februar 2005 16:22 schrieb Ainsworth,
> > Joshua B.: I have a small Samba 2.2.1a plus Win2k
> > workgroup. Samba is running on Redhat
> > 7.2.
> >
> > There is a networked laserjet 5000 using a static IP
> > which I can print to
> > successfuly from the linux box, and from the win2k
> > workstations via the queue
> > on the linux box.
> >
> > The weird thing is that, on the win2k worksations, if I
> > double click on the
> > printer icon the status of the printer is reported as
> > "Access denied, unable to connect". Yet it works???
> >
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