Hi Willy, Dale, Ryan and others
Many thanks for hte feedback. I had read the man samba.conf section on
"use client driver" - but I interpreted the "MUST not be enabled when
valid printer drivers are loaded on the Samba server" to mean the case
where the drivers were "loaded on and RUNNING on the server" as opposed
to "loaded on the server simply to allow them to be loaded onto the
windows box". These are presumably different cases - and it is clearly
desirable to upload the drivers on the server JUST for download to the
windows box even when (especially when) the drivers are running on the
client side.
I have tried removing the directive - and I immediately get back the
"access denied" status in the windows printers and faxes window, just as
the man pages suggest I should. Since removing the directive (and
restarting samba) I have tried again to upload the drivers - but the
result is the same. It goes through the motions - and doesn't give an
error - but still uploads to the c:\windows.. on the client rather than
the print$ share on the samba server.
Thanks for your references too Dale - but my "Access Denied" error is
seen on the printer and fax status window - rather than when trying to
upload drivers. I do not get any errors when uploading the drivers. They
just go to the wrong place. No doubt when I get them going to the right
place - I may then need to resolve the privileges issue. I will however
have a good browse of the howto link you provided.
I guess it does appear that the "use client driver" is preventing me
from uploading the drivers. Can anyone suggest the best way around this?
There are a few linux drivers around for the printer - but they all seem
to have problems. Can I install a linux driver - but not use it and
still use the windows client side drivers. Will this overcome my problem
- and allow me to upload the Windows drives to the linux share?
Alternatively - can I run the system with a "raw" mode linux printer -
but avoid the "use client driver". Is there some other way to get rid of
"access denied" errors - or can I just ignore them? In this case - with
no linux driver installed - can I still upload windows printer drivers?
One simple question you may be able to answer: Is it the presence of the
"use client driver" directive or the absence of the linux driver which
prevents me from uploading? My tests today suggest the latter.
Many thanks again.
Richard.
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.
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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.
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