You have followed the detailed description in the Samba-Howto-Collection.pdf found at the samba.org site? Remember to set the permissions correct on the W32X86 directory, as well as defining a [print$] section and "printer admin = <your-login-name>" in smb.conf. All of this is in the pdf.
Eirik Thorsnes On Tuesday 20 November 2001 14:43, you wrote: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 15 19:47:44 2001 > From: "Karthik S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Patrick Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Problem with Automatic Printer Downloading in Samba > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:19:48 +0530 > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hello, > I still need help on this. Someone suggested me to use Samba 2.2.2 but > even with that I got the same problem. Someone wanted me to reload Samba > after addprinter command since I had missed the step of reloading the Samba > after the addprinter command while writing the mail. But I do reload Samba > after that. Still I get the problem. > > Do help me out of this. > > Thanks & Regards, > Karthik. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Powell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 5:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Problem with Automatic Printer Downloading in Samba > > > Do you still need help on this? > > Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, > Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 > Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 > LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 7 04:58:50 2001 > > From: "Karthik S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Problem with Automatic Printer Downloading in Samba > > Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 18:33:32 +0530 > > > > > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > > > --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Hello, > > I installed Samba 2.2.1a in Linux and tried to configure it for > > Automatic Printer Driver Downloading. While uploading the driver files to > > the Samba Server, although all the driver files get copied to the correct > > location > > and > > > the printer gets added to CUPS, I get a message "The operation could not > > be > > > completed . Access Denied". > > > > While downloading the files, the uploaded printer is listed in the > > "Printers" folder. Double-clicking it prompts a message - "Do you want to > > download the driver files from the server?". When said - "Yes" to this, a > > message "No driver files found. Do you want to install a driver locally?" > > appears. > > > > Why do these problems occur? > > > > But on the Windows machine, if I go to the properties of the printer, > > click > > > on "New Driver" and install it again on the server, NO "Access Denied" > > message appears. After this, I am able to download the driver to any > > other Windows client. > > > > I do not understand why I get the message "Access Denied" the first > > time? Please share with me if you have any info on this. > > > > Another strange thing that happened is - sometimes driver files were > > copied > > > to a folder "2" under W32X86 and also straight under W32X86 while other > > times it was copied to only to the folder 2 under W32X86. I do not > > understand why this happens. I have given a step by step account of what > > I did to configure at the end of this mail. > > > > Another help. I am trying to port Samba to VxWorks. I need just the > > simple > > > functionalities like - Name resolution, File Sharing and Automatic > > Printer Driver Downloading. I DO NOT need functionalities like - my > > server acting > > as > > > a domain server and print server. I want only the functionalities listed > > above. Can you give me some idea of which part of Samba code that I can > > prune out to support these minimum functionalities? I ask this because > > memory is a major cause of concern for me in VxWorks environment. > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Karthik. > > > > STEP BY STEP ACCOUNT OF HOW I CONFIGURED SAMBA FOR AUTOMATIC DOWNLOAD: > > > > At Linux: > > 1.Created a group "ntadmin" in Linux machine. > > 2.Created a user "padmin" in group "ntadmin" (as printer administrator) > > 3.Created the appropriate folders (W32X86 and WIN40) at > > /home/samba/printers > > > where the driver files are uploaded. Gave chmod 775 for "printers" > > folder. 4.Added an user with the "hostname" followed by $ where hostname > > is the > > name > > > of the Windows machine used to upload. > > 5.Added the "hostname$" as well as "padmin" to the smbpasswd list > > 6.Add the following to smb.conf file: > > #under global- > > printer admin = @ntadmin > > printing = cups > > addprinter command = /usr/bin/addprinter > > > > #A new share > > [print$] > > path = home/samba/printers > > public = yes > > browseable = yes > > read only = yes > > write list = Administrator,padmin,root > > directory mask = 0775 > > > > 5.Created the script addprinter to add the printer to CUPS as follows. > > #!/bin/sh > > driver = $(grep -lr "$4" /home/samba/printers/W32X86 | head -1) > > /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p $2 -P $driver -L "$5" -v "parallel:/dev/lp0" > > > > At Windows NT: > > 1. 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