(clug-talk) A Real World Windows/Linux Integration Issue

[Johnny Stork]

Ok all you Linux gurus, lets see how well we can get through a real world, and typical example of a Windows Network Administrator who just plugged in a Linux/Samba box to play PDC and Print server, and now needs to see how well the "community" can help stop his 500 users from ganging up on him cause they cant print. (This is all fictitous but this example is surely a very, very typical one) For now Samba/PDC is RH 8, clients are Windows 2000 1: Previously had the Samba working fine as PDC with some login scripts and home share mounts. 2: Previously had an old HP Deskjet hooked up and shared out from samba and using cups. Was working/printing fine from Linux and Windows clients. Just installed a nice new Samsung ML-1450 Laser. Removed the Deskjet from the Samba server, installed new Samsung. Printing from Linux clients through remote cups works fine. Cant get 1200dpi yet, but I can wait. I can install the samsung under Windows clients, and using newest local drivers from Samsung. Hovering over printer icon gives "Access denied, unable to connect" but through the nights fiddling, at one time I did get a "ready" but trying to print and nothing happened. Been checking out FAQs, samba lists and help sites for 2 hours and have tried a variety of suggestions and nothing works. So for now, here is my current smb.conf # Global parameters [global] workgroup = ACADEMIC netbios name = PENGUIN encrypt passwords = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = local master = yes unix password sync = Yes time server = Yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = cups domain admin group = @adm logon script = logon.cmd logon path = \\%L\%u\Profile logon drive = Z: logon home = \\%L\%u domain logons = Yes os level = 65 domain master = True printing = cups [Netlogon] comment = Network Logon Services path = /home/netlogon guest ok = Yes locking = No [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /home/%U valid users = %U Administrator force user = %U read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [Printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba guest ok = Yes printable = Yes browseable = No writeable = yes public = yes use client driver = yes [Data] comment = Data path = /mnt/Data [Samsung] comment = Samsung ML-1450 path = /var/spool/samba read only = No guest ok = Yes printable = Yes writeable = yes public = yes printer name = Samsung oplocks = No ________________________________ Open Enterprise Solutions Open Solutions for an Open World Johnny Stork, BA Calgary, AB Canada http://www.openenterprise.ca http://www.open-solutions.ca