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

[Kevin Anderson]

Quick Fixs.   In a network of 500 users, your printers would be ran by a jetdirect print server.   Go to the HP website, and download the Network Printing Wizard.  Install as necessary for the people needing the printer immediately.  This will entirely bypass the Samba issue, and resolve the problem for the users.  As an additional benefit, this utility is NOT user specific, so you could just put it on the computers in the vicinity, and go from there.   Then, once the whiners were taken care of, you could resolve the problem for real.   OR   Break down, and set up a legacy box.  Even Win95 would work fine. Share the printer from there as necessary.  This would work if you didn't have a jet direct, but would need the admin to troubleshoot it after hours, when the printer could be locally connected to Samba Box (assuming that's what you wanted...)   REASONING.   Linux is new, and therefore there are many people looking for a reason to stay with something familiar.  If there is a problem, it needs to be resolved MUCH faster on a Linux network than on a legacy one (even if the problem isn't a Linux problem).  There are times when Linux means that you need to work longer or harder than usual.  Those times are rare, but they occur.   Kev.       ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnny Stork To: CLUG Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: (clug-talk) A Real World Windows/Linux Integration Issue 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