Samba Printing Problems

[Jonathan Younker]

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.
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Jonathan T. Younker
Electronic Services Librarian
Gibson Library, Brock University
St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1
(905) 688-5550 x4899
jyounker at brocku.ca
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