On Thursday 13 January 2005 08:41, William R. Knox wrote: > I believe that should be 01777, should it not?
Argh! You are so correct! Why is the '2' key so close to the '1' key? :-P Sorry for trigger finger buggy advice. - John T. > > Bill Knox > Lead Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst > The MITRE Corporation > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, John H Terpstra wrote: > > Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 08:35:14 -0700 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Samba] WinXP print problem > > > > Jean, > > > > I am guessing from the information that you have provided that there may > > be a Samba spool directory permissions problem. > > > > What are the permissions on /var/spool/samba? They should be set to: > > drwxrwxrwt which is achieved by: > > > > chmod 02777 /var/spool/samba > > > > - John T. > > > > On Thursday 13 January 2005 02:32, Jean Lee wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am using samba to acces a printer on my Linux server from Windows XP > > > Home SP2 clients. > > > It was working very well until yesterday evening. Since yesterday, I > > > can print from the server (with cups) but I can't print from the > > > Windows clients. > > > And all the shared folders are still OK. There is only printing from > > > Windows clients which doesn't work. > > > We changed nothing on the server neither on the client side. > > > > > > When I try to print a test page from Windows, I get the following > > > error: Unable to create a print task > > > > > > I tried the following things : > > > > > > Uninstall then reinstall printer from the windows client > > > Uninstall then reinstall printer from the server > > > reboot the server > > > > > > I always have the problem > > > > > > Here is a part of my /etc/smb.conf > > > > > > [printers] > > > comment = All Printers > > > valid users = user gp pm cm > > > path = /var/spool/samba > > > browseable = no > > > # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print > > > public = no > > > writable = no > > > printable = yes > > > > > > I don't know where to search. I tried Ethereal but it is to complex for > > > me. > > > > > > Does anybody experienced this problem ? If no, where and what can I > > > start to search ? > > > > > > THank you for any help, > > > > > > Jean Lee > > > > -- > > John H Terpstra > > Samba-Team Member > > Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 > > > > Author: > > The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 > > Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 > > Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 > > Other books in production. > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- John H Terpstra Samba-Team Member Phone: +1 (650) 580-8668 Author: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO & Reference Guide, ISBN: 0131453556 Samba-3 by Example, ISBN: 0131472216 Hardening Linux, ISBN: 0072254971 Other books in production. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
