Seem to have come to a dead end trying to configure a cups printer on a samba server. Been reading and googling till my eyes are about ready to google themselves. Anyway, it would be fantastic if one of you might have seen something I've missed.


Setup: linux server running samba3. Also on the lan are a win95, winXP and linux box.

smb.conf:
        [global]
                workgroup = HOME
                server string = valhalla                # my hostname
                hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
                interfaces = eth1                       # I have a cable modem on eth0
                
                printing = cups
                printcap name = cups
                load printers = yes
        
                guest account = snorri                  # my user
                guest ok = yes
                map to guest = bad user

<insert log commands here>

                security = user
                encrypt passwords = yes
                smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd                  

        [backup]
                comment = backup directory
                path = /mnt/backup
                writeable = yes
                guest ok = yes
        [printers]
                comment = All Printers
                path = /var/spool/samba
                browseable = no
                printable = yes
                guest ok = yes
                writeable = no

*************************************************************************************

Results:
Backup directory share works fine - no problem here.
"testparm smb.conf" verified ok
"smbclient -L valhalla" lists directory and printer lp0 accurately
"smbclient //valhalla/lp0" is accessed no problem, but
print <textfile> hangs until it gets a Call timed out response.
"tail /var/log/samba/valhalla.log" shows up the message
print cache expired for queue lp0 .... but nothing else ominous.
all the nmblookup commands seem to work fine as well, it detects everything
in the environs without too much hassle.
the windows machine can see the printer if I set browseable to yes, but hangs if
I try to do anything with it.
lastly, firewall was off while I was testing. I also brought the eth0 interface down
just in case it was causing problems.


So I'm confounded and have no idea where to go from here!

Thanks,
Daniel.

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