Samba Printing Problems

[Justin Bennett]

Cool, have fun! It's always the little things that get ya.

Jonathan Younker said:
> Thanks, Justin,
> It turns out that I messed up the directory permissions on
> /shr/pdfdropbox.  It's always the simple things that have me pulling out
> my  hair for hours.  Thanks for the tip about the username; that should
> help  users identify their jobs.
> Jonathan.
>
> At 08:54 AM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>I basically used the standard smb.conf config. I changed the
>> printscript a little, though it was working before.  I added a second
>> command line variable to add the username to the file and the date this
>> is what I have:
>>
>>[pdf]
>>    path = /tmp
>>    printable = yes
>>    guest ok = yes
>>    print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s %u
>>
>>    ; There is no need to support listing or removing print jobs, ;
>> since the server begins to process them as soon as they arrive. ;
>> So, we set the lpq (list queued jobs) and lprm (remove jobs in
>> queue) ; commands to be empty.
>>    lpq command =
>>    lprm command =
>>
>>
>>Printpdf:
>>
>>#!/bin/sh
>>
>>DATE=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`
>>
>># Directory in which to place the output
>># Be sure this directory exists and is writable by the user that Samba
>> # is running as (for example, the nobody user)
>>OUTDIR=/export/home/pdfs
>>
>>/usr/bin/ps2pdf13 $1 $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp
>>mv $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp $OUTDIR/$2-$DATE.pdf
>>chmod 660 $OUTDIR/$2-$DATE.pdf
>>rm $1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Notice $2 is passed as %u (the username) and I also added a line to
>> change the permission on the file thats created, nothing complex. Make
>> SURE though that the printpdf file is EXECUTABLE.
>>chmod a+x /usr/bin/printpdf
>>
>>Justin
>>
>>
>>Jonathan Younker said:
>> > Unfortunately, the only clients I can play with are Win2K.  Did you
>> use the  smb.conf configuration they suggested, or did you have to
>> tweak it?
>> >
>> > At 03:43 PM 11/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>I just set it up, 'works for me' I love giving that answer to some
>> >> people here, anyways :) The Access Denied Unable to Connect, is
>> normal W2k always says that with samba (my experience anyways) even
>> if its working ok. Does it print from other clients just not 2k?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>Jonathan Younker said:
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> > I've been trying to set up a PDF converter (as seen at
>> >> > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html), which uses
>> Samba
>> >> and Ghostscript to 'print to PDF.'  Everything set up fine, and my
>> conversion  script works fine, but I can't print though the Samba
>> printer from  Win2kPro.  Nothing is coming up in the log files, but
>> the file isn't  getting sent to the server, either.  When I check
>> the Win Printer Status,  the title bar reads "access denied, unable
>> to connect.' Here's my smb.conf:
>> >> >
>> >> > [global]
>> >> >     netbios name = Iris
>> >> >     workgroup = Library
>> >> >     server string = IRIS
>> >> >     security = user
>> >> >     log file = /var/log/samba-log.%m
>> >> >     lock directory = /var/lock/samba
>> >> >     share modes = yes
>> >> >     encrypt passwords = yes
>> >> >     smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>> >> >     hosts allow = 139.57.128.116
>> >> >     invalid users = root samba
>> >> >     domain master = no
>> >> >     local master = no
>> >> >     preferred master = no
>> >> >     os level = 10
>> >> >
>> >> > [shr]
>> >> >     path = /shr
>> >> >     browseable = yes
>> >> >     writeable = yes
>> >> >     guest ok = yes
>> >> >     force user = nobody
>> >> >
>> >> > [pdf]
>> >> >     path = /tmp
>> >> >     printable = yes
>> >> >     guest ok = yes
>> >> >     use client driver = yes
>> >> >     print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s
>> >> >     lpq command =
>> >> >     lprm command =
>> >> >
>> >> > Any ideas?
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > Jonathan Younker
>> >> >
>> >> >
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Justin Bennett
Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
8989 Sheridan Dr
Clarence, NY 14031
716-631-0100 ext 215