Insufficient Permissions to Spool directory with Samba printer

Hi,

I'm trying to share-out a printer via Samba 3 on Slackware 10, and
Samba picks it up and it loads okay on Windows -- but when I try to
print from Windows it errors.

After looking in /var/log/samba at the logs for my PC it shows the
following:
[2004/11/09 16:55:00, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
[2004/11/09 16:56:37, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
[2004/11/09 16:56:43, 0] printing/printing.crint_job_start(2022)
print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file
/var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr/smbprn.00000010.OZzAHy.

Here's my smb.conf file:

[global]
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
idmap gid = 10000-20000
socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384
wins server = 10.142.120.6
domain master = False
encrypt passwords = yes
public = yes
level2 oplocks = False
oplocks = False
netbios name = HOSER
write cache size = 8388608
server string = Samba Server
winbind enum users = yes
idmap uid = 10000-20000
password server = *
workgroup = NTDOMAIN
os level = 10
winbind enum groups = yes
security = domain
preferred master = no
winbind separator = +
log level = 1

[WebmasterPTR]
comment = Printer in My Office
Printer Name = WebmasterPTR
path = /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr
read only = yes
printable = yes
use client driver = Yes

Any ideas?? What permissions do I need to setup to allow this to
work, or do I have something setup incorrectly in my smb.conf file?

Thanks for any advice or suggestions...

Ringo

(E-Mail Removed) (Ringo Langly) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to share-out a printer via Samba 3 on Slackware 10, and
> Samba picks it up and it loads okay on Windows -- but when I try to
> print from Windows it errors.
>
> After looking in /var/log/samba at the logs for my PC it shows the
> following:
> [2004/11/09 16:55:00, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
> [2004/11/09 16:56:37, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
> [2004/11/09 16:56:43, 0] printing/printing.crint_job_start(2022)
> print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file
> /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr/smbprn.00000010.OZzAHy.
>
> Here's my smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
> idmap gid = 10000-20000
> socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384
> wins server = 10.142.120.6
> domain master = False
> encrypt passwords = yes
> public = yes
> level2 oplocks = False
> oplocks = False
> netbios name = HOSER
> write cache size = 8388608
> server string = Samba Server
> winbind enum users = yes
> idmap uid = 10000-20000
> password server = *
> workgroup = NTDOMAIN
> os level = 10
> winbind enum groups = yes
> security = domain
> preferred master = no
> winbind separator = +
> log level = 1
>
> [WebmasterPTR]
> comment = Printer in My Office
> Printer Name = WebmasterPTR
> path = /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr
> read only = yes
> printable = yes
> use client driver = Yes
>
> Any ideas?? What permissions do I need to setup to allow this to
> work, or do I have something setup incorrectly in my smb.conf file?
>
> Thanks for any advice or suggestions...
>
> Ringo

Hi all,

I have some additional information. After reading some docs I did
find that I needed to change the path to something else, so I used
/usr/spool/public and gave this directory 777 permissions. Now the
printer installs fine on Windows and Windows shows it's printing fine
-- problem is nothing prints.

In /var/log/samba/ when trying to print I received this error:
[2004/11/11 09:02:11, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused

After doing a quick ps -aux | grep cupsd I found cups wasn't running,
so I started cupsd. Now when I try to print I get this error:
[2004/11/11 09:06:51, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(911)
Unable to get jobs for ipp://localhost/printers/webmasterptr -
client-error-no
t-found

I'm totally lost now! This crap can't be this difficult! I've setup
printers on samba before with little effort... but it just isn't
working. The printer works fine via Linux and I can print a test page
via webmin just fine.

I know there's lpd and cups, which I was never sure the difference or
which one was running at what time. Hmmm...

Ringo -- scratching head...

(E-Mail Removed) (Ringo Langly) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to share-out a printer via Samba 3 on Slackware 10, and
> Samba picks it up and it loads okay on Windows -- but when I try to
> print from Windows it errors.
>
> After looking in /var/log/samba at the logs for my PC it shows the
> following:
> [2004/11/09 16:55:00, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
> [2004/11/09 16:56:37, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
> [2004/11/09 16:56:43, 0] printing/printing.crint_job_start(2022)
> print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file
> /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr/smbprn.00000010.OZzAHy.
>
> Here's my smb.conf file:
>
> [global]
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
> idmap gid = 10000-20000
> socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384
> wins server = 10.142.120.6
> domain master = False
> encrypt passwords = yes
> public = yes
> level2 oplocks = False
> oplocks = False
> netbios name = HOSER
> write cache size = 8388608
> server string = Samba Server
> winbind enum users = yes
> idmap uid = 10000-20000
> password server = *
> workgroup = NTDOMAIN
> os level = 10
> winbind enum groups = yes
> security = domain
> preferred master = no
> winbind separator = +
> log level = 1
>
> [WebmasterPTR]
> comment = Printer in My Office
> Printer Name = WebmasterPTR
> path = /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr
> read only = yes
> printable = yes
> use client driver = Yes
>
> Any ideas?? What permissions do I need to setup to allow this to
> work, or do I have something setup incorrectly in my smb.conf file?
>
> Thanks for any advice or suggestions...
>
> Ringo

Second Update (incase Google gets them out of order)...

I read in one post someone suggested adding "printing = bsd" to the
mix, so here's my printer statement in smb.conf:

[WebmasterPTR]
Printer Name = webmasterptr
path = /usr/spool/public
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
printable = yes
use client driver = Yes
printing = bsd

This did resolve the errors in Samba and when I print something the
printer now flashes Processing Job for like 2 seconds and nothing ever
prints. When I run lpq it shows a job just went through and printed
fine -- but nothing printed.

Any ideas?? As stated earlier I can print from Linux just fine via
webmin and I'm testing from commandline now. Here's what lpc status
shows:
Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
Status/(Debug)
webmasterptr@hoser2 enabled enabled 0 none none

Ideas???? Printer is an HP Laserjet 5N, nothing fancy.

Ringo

Can you print to the printer from the machine it's connected to? You
might have a printer configuration issue. I fought with that same
problem for a bit, and finally came to that conclusion. Got the
printer set up right, and it started working. I had to use the CUPS
drivers, though, as mine's a Lexmark Z42.

HTH

Ringo Langly wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) (Ringo Langly) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm trying to share-out a printer via Samba 3 on Slackware 10, and
>>Samba picks it up and it loads okay on Windows -- but when I try to
>>print from Windows it errors.
>>
>>After looking in /var/log/samba at the logs for my PC it shows the
>>following:
>>[2004/11/09 16:55:00, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
>> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
>>[2004/11/09 16:56:37, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(854)
>> Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused
>>[2004/11/09 16:56:43, 0] printing/printing.crint_job_start(2022)
>> print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file
>>/var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr/smbprn.00000010.OZzAHy.
>>
>>Here's my smb.conf file:
>>
>>[global]
>> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>> name resolve order = wins hosts lmhosts bcast
>> idmap gid = 10000-20000
>> socket options = SO_SNDBUF=16384 SO_RCVBUF=16384
>> wins server = 10.142.120.6
>> domain master = False
>> encrypt passwords = yes
>> public = yes
>> level2 oplocks = False
>> oplocks = False
>> netbios name = HOSER
>> write cache size = 8388608
>> server string = Samba Server
>> winbind enum users = yes
>> idmap uid = 10000-20000
>> password server = *
>> workgroup = NTDOMAIN
>> os level = 10
>> winbind enum groups = yes
>> security = domain
>> preferred master = no
>> winbind separator = +
>> log level = 1
>>
>>[WebmasterPTR]
>> comment = Printer in My Office
>> Printer Name = WebmasterPTR
>> path = /var/spool/lpd/webmasterptr
>> read only = yes
>> printable = yes
>> use client driver = Yes
>>
>>Any ideas?? What permissions do I need to setup to allow this to
>>work, or do I have something setup incorrectly in my smb.conf file?
>>
>>Thanks for any advice or suggestions...
>>
>>Ringo
>
>
> Second Update (incase Google gets them out of order)...
>
> I read in one post someone suggested adding "printing = bsd" to the
> mix, so here's my printer statement in smb.conf:
>
> [WebmasterPTR]
> Printer Name = webmasterptr
> path = /usr/spool/public
> read only = yes
> guest ok = yes
> printable = yes
> use client driver = Yes
> printing = bsd
>
> This did resolve the errors in Samba and when I print something the
> printer now flashes Processing Job for like 2 seconds and nothing ever
> prints. When I run lpq it shows a job just went through and printed
> fine -- but nothing printed.
>
> Any ideas?? As stated earlier I can print from Linux just fine via
> webmin and I'm testing from commandline now. Here's what lpc status
> shows:
> Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
> Status/(Debug)
> webmasterptr@hoser2 enabled enabled 0 none none
>
> Ideas???? Printer is an HP Laserjet 5N, nothing fancy.
>
> Ringo

> Second Update (incase Google gets them out of order)...
>
> I read in one post someone suggested adding "printing = bsd" to the
> mix, so here's my printer statement in smb.conf:
>
> [WebmasterPTR]
> Printer Name = webmasterptr
> path = /usr/spool/public
> read only = yes
> guest ok = yes
> printable = yes
> use client driver = Yes
> printing = bsd
>
> This did resolve the errors in Samba and when I print something the
> printer now flashes Processing Job for like 2 seconds and nothing ever
> prints. When I run lpq it shows a job just went through and printed
> fine -- but nothing printed.
>
> Any ideas?? As stated earlier I can print from Linux just fine via
> webmin and I'm testing from commandline now. Here's what lpc status
> shows:
> Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
> Status/(Debug)
> webmasterptr@hoser2 enabled enabled 0 none none
>
> Ideas???? Printer is an HP Laserjet 5N, nothing fancy.
>
> Ringo

ok 2 things to try, edit the /etc/cups/mime.types and uncomment the last
line that says

application/octet-stream

and then edit the mime.convs and also uncomment the last line showing

application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -

then restart cups, then at the prompt type

lpoptions -o raw

then retry printing from your windows machine.

If you are still getting premission errors, make sure your spool
directory is writable by the guest account so it can spool the print job.

See how you go with that

Spyro

Spyro Polymiadis <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<ssod62-(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Second Update (incase Google gets them out of order)...
> >
> > I read in one post someone suggested adding "printing = bsd" to the
> > mix, so here's my printer statement in smb.conf:
> >
> > [WebmasterPTR]
> > Printer Name = webmasterptr
> > path = /usr/spool/public
> > read only = yes
> > guest ok = yes
> > printable = yes
> > use client driver = Yes
> > printing = bsd
> >
> > This did resolve the errors in Samba and when I print something the
> > printer now flashes Processing Job for like 2 seconds and nothing ever
> > prints. When I run lpq it shows a job just went through and printed
> > fine -- but nothing printed.
> >
> > Any ideas?? As stated earlier I can print from Linux just fine via
> > webmin and I'm testing from commandline now. Here's what lpc status
> > shows:
> > Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect
> > Status/(Debug)
> > webmasterptr@hoser2 enabled enabled 0 none none
> >
> > Ideas???? Printer is an HP Laserjet 5N, nothing fancy.
> >
> > Ringo
>
> ok 2 things to try, edit the /etc/cups/mime.types and uncomment the last
> line that says
>
> application/octet-stream
>
> and then edit the mime.convs and also uncomment the last line showing
>
> application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
>
> then restart cups, then at the prompt type
>
> lpoptions -o raw
>
> then retry printing from your windows machine.
>
> If you are still getting premission errors, make sure your spool
> directory is writable by the guest account so it can spool the print job.
>
> See how you go with that
>
> Spyro


Hello,

Actually I found the final piece that got it working (thanks to
someone on IRC). I switched my driver to HP Laserjet 5 Postscript and
it started working great. I'm not sure why I need to use a postscript
driver instead of the regular one, but it works great now.

Thanks for all the info and ideas --

Ringo