-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
> Fran Fabrizio wrote: > > >>I have set "Printcap /dev/null" in cupsd.conf and re-started cupsd > >>first then smbd. Guess what? "smbclient -L localhost" still lists all > >>my printers! And I can still print from my Windows apps. (I can't > >>print anymore from OpenOffice, since that one *does* look for a > >>printcap....) > > > > > > In desperation I tried "printcap = /etc/printcap" even though the > > HOWTO recommended "printcap = cups" and Kurt's advice above is that > > you could even redirect to /dev/null. Guess what, it worked. At > > least on my install, it seems to require that you do have a real, live > > printcap even for CUPS printing support. I then added another printer > > via the redhat printer config tool, which added it to CUPS. I > > restarted smb and the new printer showed up on my Windows clients. > > So, the residual question is why does it require a real printcap file > > even under CUPS support? > > I think you should submit a bug report to http://bugzilla.samba.org/ CUPS works fine for me here. No dummy printcap needed. Something else is funny with that configuration. - -- cheers, jerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard ------------------------- http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team ---------------------- http://www.samba.org GnuPG Key ---- http://www.plainjoe.org/gpg_public.asc "If we're adding to the noise, turn off this song" --Switchfoot (2003) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQE/1qm8IR7qMdg1EfYRAqvMAKCZHBM3g2L/elwWBqwUw6Z2eHe91ACgg6QL EubTIqxIz/mBMY4POHUXa0Q= =hLDc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
