Samba Printing Problems

[Justin Bennett]

Hey let me know if you get it to do color. Everything I print is in black
and white. I'll prob play with it a little.

Justin Bennett said:
> 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
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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