On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Lukasz Szybalski <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello, > I'm having trouble replacing our old print server (debian sarge) with a new > one. > When I enable print$ and force user root and give access to nobody, the > print$ share is working properly. I can create delete, add files etc from a > windows xp machine. What I need now is being able to "go to printers and > faxes, right click on the printer, go to advanced, and click new driver" > (this would upload the driver to the server. Unfortunately this does not > work as "advanced" or any other settings are grayed out for me. The config > files have same settings so I'm not sure what is the problem here. It works > on my old server but it does not work on a new server. Samba version: 3.5.6 > : > > [printers] > comment = All Printers > browseable = no > path = /var/spool/samba > guest ok = yes > read only = yes > create mask = 0700 > > # Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable > # printer drivers > [print$] > comment = Printer Drivers > path = /var/lib/samba/printers > browseable = yes > read only = no > guest ok = yes > write ok = yes > write list = nobody, root > force user = root > > > Could somebody point me into proper direction here? Am I missing a > permission? setting? how do I give access to everybody or "nobody" guest > account to make changes?? > > Thanks, > Lucas > > Okay, for the newer Samba releases, I think they have made it so you > need to use the net command or something similar. > > In order to get these rights for myself on my setup, I had to run this: > > /usr/local/bin/net sam rights grant jax SePrintOperatorPrivilege > > Perhaps some variant of this will work for you > > Thanks Jack, Here is what needed to be done: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2007-March/129995.html smbpasswd -a root net rpc rights list accounts (enter root password) net rpc rights grant Everyone SePrintOperatorPrivilege Restart samba /etc/init.d/samba restart And we are good to go. Thank you. Lucas -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
