samba - Jan 2006 - Users can't pause or cancel print jobs

Hello all,

  I am running Samba 3.0.9  with CUPS 1.1.17.  When my windows user try to
pause print jobs it does not work and gives them an error "Error Processing
Command" in Windows.   If they try to cancel a print job it doesn't
give any
error.  It just disappears from the print queue and print anyway.

Could someone point me in the right direction?


Thanks all

Dominic Iadicicco

Hi,

reading smb.conf, I found

       lprm command (S)
              This parameter specifies the command to be executed on the
server host in order to delete a print job.

              This command should be a program or script which takes a
printer name and job number, and deletes the print job.

              If a %p is given then the printer name is put in its
place. A %j is replaced with the job number (an integer).

              Note that it is good practice to include the absolute path
in the lprm command as the PATH may not be available to the server.

              Default: lprm command = # depends on the setting of
printing

              Example: lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P%p %j

              Example: lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j


Maybe this will help you. There is also a lpq command directive

Kind regards

Juergen Hoffmann

Am Montag, den 09.01.2006, 10:26 -0500 schrieb Dominic Iadicicco:
> Hello all,
> 
>   I am running Samba 3.0.9  with CUPS 1.1.17.  When my windows user try to
> pause print jobs it does not work and gives them an error "Error
Processing
> Command" in Windows.   If they try to cancel a print job it
doesn't give any
> error.  It just disappears from the print queue and print anyway.
> 
> Could someone point me in the right direction?
> 
> 
> Thanks all
> 
> Dominic Iadicicco
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I have checked the logs and don't see any errors.

  Also I read that if I am using Printing=cups that any of the custom
command like (lppause= or lpc=) would be ignored.  Is that true.

On 1/9/06, Fabio <fabio.marcone@duet.it> wrote:
>
> hello
> first of all I suggest you to upgrade samba (latest is 3.0.21a).
>
> In the last version some bugs about jobs (remote downlevel document) are
> fixed.
>
> However check your samba and cups logs.
>
> bye,
> fabio
> > Hello all,
> >
> >   I am running Samba 3.0.9  with CUPS 1.1.17.  When my windows user
try
> to
> > pause print jobs it does not work and gives them an error "Error
> > Processing
> > Command" in Windows.   If they try to cancel a print job it
doesn't give
> > any
> > error.  It just disappears from the print queue and print anyway.
> >
> > Could someone point me in the right direction?
> >
> >
> > Thanks all
> >
> > Dominic Iadicicco
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> When my windows user try to pause print jobs it does not work and
> gives them an error "Error Processing Command" in Windows.   If
they
> try to cancel a print job it doesn't give any error.  It just
> disappears from the print queue and print anyway.
I think this means the users don't have the necessary permissions in
Samba.  Have a look at the Samba manual in the section about
permissions to see how to allow users to pause/cancel print jobs.

Cheers,
Adam.