-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Willy Offermans wrote: > Hello Richard, > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 11:19:04PM +0900, Richard Chapman wrote: >> Hi. I have been following another thread describing problems uploading >> printer drives - but I think I have a different problem. >> In my case I have a Samsung CLP510 colour laser physically connected to >> a Centos 5.1 X86-64 Linux box with Samba 3.0251514 (3.0.25b-1.el5_1.4 >> <https://192.168.0.201:10000/software/edit_pack.cgi?search=samba&package=samba&version=3%2E0%2E25b%2D1%2Eel5%5F1%2E4>). >> >> The Printer is intended to be shared by windows boxes on the network. I >> have installed the printer as a "raw" printer - so that windows clients use >> their own drivers. In order to get rid of the "Access Denied" errors in the >> "Printers and Faxes" status - I have put the "use client driver" directive >> into smb.conf. >> >> I was hoping that I could still install windows printer drivers on the >> Linux server so that new windows client machines would not have to find >> the driver elsewhere. I can't see any reason why this should not be >> possible. I have created the print$ share and the folders described here: >> http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_as_a_print_server >> >> It looks like some parts of this wiki are rather incomplete. >> >> The printer works fine from the clients now (if I provide the client >> driver elsewhere) - but I cannot get the drivers to load on the server. >> >> If I browse the network - from a windows client - and select the >> properties of the printer within the "Printers and Faxes" folder - then >> select "Advanced", and then select "New Driver" - it starts the "Add >> Printer driver" wizard. I can select the driver I want and "Finish" the >> wizard - but it uploads the driver to the >> /windows/system32/spool/drivers folder on the local client rather than >> the server. >> >> Can anyone tell me if I am doing something wrong - or if there is >> something wrong with my configuration which prevents me from uploading >> the driver to the server? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Richard. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >> instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > If I recall correctly, then the "use client driver" directive prohibits > the up-/download of printer drivers from the server. Please search the > net to be 100% sure. I remember there was a hint about the issue in > `man smb.conf`: > > <snip> > use client driver (S) > > <snip> > > If this parameter is enabled for a printer, then any attempt to > open the printer with the PRINTER_ACCESS_ADMINISTER right is > mapped to PRINTER_ACCESS_USE instead. Thus allowing the Open- > PrinterEx() call to succeed. This parameter MUST not be able > enabled on a print share which has valid print driver installed > on the Samba server. > > </snip> > </snip> > > Although the text: "This parameter MUST not be ..." is not clear for > 100% and rather difficult to read, it makes sense that having the > printer driver on the server and using the client driver at the same > time is ambiguous. Concerning the "Access Denied" errors, I do not know > what happens, after you have removed the appropriate directive in your > smb.conf. > > I hope this helps.
I can confirm this. This directive should not be there if you want to upload drivers. - -- ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | |Ryan Novosielski - Systems Programmer II |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| |[EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent.|IST/AST - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHe7Simb+gadEcsb4RAqiSAJwLTkI5SEU2c1NnNXoPbFDppWpdUQCgx+FR l0Ln4XHPRPqp2zeDHUdwdq0= =J2Q2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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