samba - May 2008 - printer drivers - Add Printer Wizard disabled

I'm following along in the guide, trying to make printer drivers
available from Samba. But when I right-click on a printer in Windows
XP and select the "properties" tab, it's disabled:

http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=BMeeHijW2w%2FyTvDsjpQbEQ%3D%3D

So how do I enable this so the client can upload the drivers? So far I
have tried:

* Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in smb.conf.
However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated. Also it
didn't work.
* I wasn't sure if I was connected as a guest, so disabled all "guest
ok = yes" settings. However, this didn't prompt Windows to pop up a
login dialog and the printer wizard remains disabled.


Here is the output of smbstatus. It shows the machine I was connected
from. smb.conf contains "printer admin = pmoose" in the [print$]
section, yet I still can't upload the driver.

==CUT==================================================root@print00:/etc/samba#
smbstatus

Samba version 3.0.28a
PID     Username      Group         Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Service      pid     machine       Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
IPC$         16232   pmoose1       Tue May 27 23:38:06 2008

No locked files
==CUT==================================================
Thanks for any assistance.

Josh

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Joshua Swink <joshua.swink@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm following along in the guide, trying to make printer drivers
> available from Samba. But when I right-click on a printer in Windows
> XP and select the "properties" tab, it's disabled:
>
> http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=BMeeHijW2w%2FyTvDsjpQbEQ%3D%3D
>
> So how do I enable this so the client can upload the drivers? So far I
> have tried:
>
> * Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in
smb.conf.
> However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated.
Also it
> didn't work.
> * I wasn't sure if I was connected as a guest, so disabled all
"guest
> ok = yes" settings. However, this didn't prompt Windows to pop up
a
> login dialog and the printer wizard remains disabled.
>
>
> Here is the output of smbstatus. It shows the machine I was connected
> from. smb.conf contains "printer admin = pmoose" in the [print$]
> section, yet I still can't upload the driver.
>
> ==CUT==================================================>
root@print00:/etc/samba# smbstatus
>
> Samba version 3.0.28a
> PID     Username      Group         Machine
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Service      pid     machine       Connected at
> -------------------------------------------------------
> IPC$         16232   pmoose1       Tue May 27 23:38:06 2008
>
> No locked files
> ==CUT==================================================>
as a temorary workaround try using:

force user = myusername

myusername should be somebody that has privillages to write to samba
driver directory..

Lucas
http://www.lucasmanual.com/mywiki/SambaDomainController

Joshua Swink wrote:
> * Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in
smb.conf.
> However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated.
Also it
> didn't work.
>
>   
 From the smb.conf man page:

          printer admin (S)
              ...
             This  parameter  has been marked deprecated in favor of 
using the
             SePrintOperatorPrivilege and individual print  security  
descrip-
             tors. It will be removed in a future release.

You can use the "net" command to grant SePrintOperatorPrivilege to
your
user.



*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
michaelh@jaswin.com.au <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>