[nflug] Samba 3 and Cups

[Justin Bennett]

ok. Thanks for the info, that may be caryover.

Thanks for the help.
Justin

Justin Bennett
Network Administrator
Dynabrade Inc.
Clarence, NY
716-631-0100



Cyber Source wrote:
> Justin Bennett wrote:
>> no, in the smb.conf file.
>>
>> Justin Bennett
>> Network Administrator
>> Dynabrade Inc.
>> Clarence, NY
>> 716-631-0100
>>
>>
>>
>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>> Justin Bennett wrote:
>>>> ok, do you use a "printcap name ="  line when your doing cups?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Justin Bennett
>>>> Network Administrator
>>>> Dynabrade Inc.
>>>> Clarence, NY
>>>> 716-631-0100
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>>> Justin Bennett wrote:
>>>>>> thanks for the info. There isn't anything in the cups log, I can 
>>>>>> turn the log level up. If I blow away the .tdb's will I need to 
>>>>>> restart samba as well of just cups?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Justin Bennett
>>>>>> Network Administrator
>>>>>> Dynabrade Inc.
>>>>>> Clarence, NY
>>>>>> 716-631-0100
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>>>>> Justin Bennett wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hey Folks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    I just switch a server over to Redhat 3ES (was 2.1) redhat 
>>>>>>>> 2.1 was using samba 2.2 and the good old LPR printing system, 
>>>>>>>> Redhat 3 is samba 3 with CUPS. After a little messing around  I 
>>>>>>>> got everything working pretty well, except every now and then 
>>>>>>>> I'll try to print something and get an error that "can't start 
>>>>>>>> print job". It will happen at different times, every 4th print, 
>>>>>>>> every 20th, ect. Initially I thought I was running into the 
>>>>>>>> CUPS limit for connections per host (since their all comming 
>>>>>>>> from localhost via samba), I upped that to 10 million or 
>>>>>>>> something. It seems to co-incide with an entries in 
>>>>>>>> /var/log/messges:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Permission denied-- user not allowed to delete, pause, or 
>>>>>>>> resume print job. User name:xxxxxx
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This from what I gather is because I'm not listed was a printer 
>>>>>>>> admin, but that's ok, I'm just printing, not deleteing or 
>>>>>>>> anything.   Unless windows 2k is trying to do something in the 
>>>>>>>> background with the queue. This is the first time I'm messed 
>>>>>>>> with allowing windows to see the print queue. with options:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> my printers section
>>>>>>>> [printers]
>>>>>>>> comment = All Printers
>>>>>>>> path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>>>>>        print ok = yes
>>>>>>>>        guest ok = no
>>>>>>>>        lpq command   =      /usr/bin/lpq  -P%p
>>>>>>>>        use client driver = yes
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if this is causing it, I can't restart samba at 
>>>>>>>> the moment, and a pkill -HUP doesn't seem to cut it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any one had any similar problems with cups and samba 3?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Justin Bennett
>>>>>>>> Network Administrator
>>>>>>>> Dynabrade Inc.
>>>>>>>> Clarence, NY
>>>>>>>> 716-631-0100
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cups should have it's own log info in /var/log/cups, you should 
>>>>>>> have a look at the error logs in there and probably more so the 
>>>>>>> entries in /var/log/samba/offendingmachineiporhostname.log.
>>>>>>> Also, I have had the samba printing database get corrupted from 
>>>>>>> time to time and have had to delete the entries in /var 
>>>>>>> /cache/samba/printing. A restart of cups will put back the 
>>>>>>> necessary *.tdb files in that directory. Below is my very open 
>>>>>>> stanza for printing in samba and I have never had a problem so 
>>>>>>> long as I had the correct driver loaded on the windows box. If 
>>>>>>> you need help with that, I have found many tricks over the years 
>>>>>>> to do such a thing as driver disks today love to bury that 
>>>>>>> freakin driver inside their bloatware and I have also learn 
>>>>>>> (because of vmware) how to make many printers not designed to be 
>>>>>>> network printers, network printers. Good thing my hair grows 
>>>>>>> back fast though ;)
>>>>>>> [printers]
>>>>>>>   comment = All Printers
>>>>>>>   path = /var/spool/samba
>>>>>>>   browseable = yes
>>>>>>>   guest ok = yes
>>>>>>>   writable = yes
>>>>>>>   printable = yes
>>>>>>>   public = yes
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>>>>> I don't think that's necessary but it wouldn't hurt.
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>>> ?. As in an options for cups file locations? I just always stuck 
>>> with the defaults, saw no reason to do otherwise.
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> Aside from the stanza I listed, the only other option relating to cups 
> in my smb.conf file is;
> cups options = raw
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