On Dec 10 2007, 6:51*pm, Doug Laidlaw <d...@dougshost.invalid> wrote:
> After my previous fight with the computers, I wrote:
>
> Since I have reported this backwards, *I will terminate this thread here..
> start the config again from the beginning, make a diary of what I have
> tried, and give a proper Smart Questions post later, if I am stuck for more
> than 24 hours.
>
> So, here it is again:
>
> My problem: I have a Brother printer which isn't on the CUPS list of
> printers. *A driver in RPM format is available from Brother's Web site,
> which works with Cups, but it is very slow compared to Windows printing.
> KDE calls it defective, and I use KDE.
>
> I am running Samba 1.3
>
> The printer is connected via USB to my Mandriva system. *I want my wife's
> laptop running XP to be able to print to it via Samba, since she has
> nowhere to put a printer in her study, otherwise I might do the reverse.
>
> Running cupsaddsmb, I initially got an error: "No Windows printer drivers
> are installed!"
>
> I then deleted Mandriva's "omnibus" smb.conf, and installed one with only
> what I need. *At present, it is as follows:
>
> *[global]
> netbios name = The_Server
> server string = Samba Server
> workgroup = My_Windows_Work_group
> security = user
> encrypt passwords = yes
> smb passwd file = /var/lib/samba/private/smbpasswd
> log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
> socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
> wins support = yes
> hostname lookups = yes
> ; hosts equiv = /etc/hosts
> hosts allow = 192.168.1. 127.
> hosts deny = All
> interfaces = lo eth0
> bind interfaces only = yes
> guest ok = yes
> browse list = yes
> printcap name = cups
> printing = cups
> load printers = yes
>
> *[home_directories]
> comment = User's home directory
> path = /home/%U
> read only = no
> valid users = %U root
>
> *[printers]
> comment = All Printers
> browseable = no
> printable = yes
> writable = no
> public = yes
> guest ok = yes
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printer admin = root
>
> # [M240C]
> #comment = Brother Multifunction 240C
> #printable = yes
> #path = /var/spool/samba
> #public = yes
> #guest ok = yes
> #printer admin = root
>
> *[print$]
> comment = Printer Drivers
> path = /etc/samba/drivers
> browseable = yes
> guest ok = no
> read only = yes
> write list = root
>
> With it, I can browse my Home directories. *
>
> To create the Windows files in C:\...\w32X86\3\, I followed the procedure in
> the Gentoo Samba HOWTO, and installed a Postscript printer. *I then copied
> the files across to /usr/share/cups/drivers. *The RPM for CUPS6 has a bug,
> in that it accepts only Cups 1.1 and 1.2, although it says ">". *This is
> repeated in the one provided by Mandriva, but the tarball ran perfectly. *I
> also put the .ppd file in the same directory. *My \3\ directory on XP has a
> heap of other files, not mentioned in the HOWTO. *I copied them across as
> well.
>
> The output from cupsaddsmb is now:
>
> "Running command:
> smbclient ///var/run/cups/cups.sock/print$ -N -A /root/tmp/475df93dc0818 -c 'mkdir
> W32X86;put /root/tmp/475df933a18e4
> W32X86/BROTHERM240C.ppd;put /usr/share/cups/drivers/ps5ui.dll
> W32X86/ps5ui.dll;put /usr/share/cups/drivers/pscript.hlp
> W32X86/pscript.hlp;put /usr/share/cups/drivers/pscript.ntf
> W32X86/pscript.ntf;put /usr/share/cups/drivers/pscript5.dll
> W32X86/pscript5.dll'
> Connection to *failed
>
> Unable to copy Windows 2000 printer driver files (1)!"
>
> repeating indefinitely. *The command is all on one line.
>
> I was told that this is a permissions problem, but my [print$] share looks
> O.K. *All driver files are 664, owned by root.
There is a definition of who is the printer admin in your /etc/samba/
smb.conf file.The directive might look something like this
printer admin = smbprint
where smbprint is a valid user on your system. When the cupsaddsmb
command attempts to copy the file, it first pretends to be a windows
smb client. It connects as the user you specify on the cupsaddsmb
command line, which must be a valid user in the samba passwd file,
presumably smbprint.
Root probably isn't allowed to connect to your samba server.
Define a user in both samb and on your system with the same name,
designate that user as the printer admin in the smb.conf file and then
pass that name in on the cupsaddsmb command line.
you should also be able to connect from a windows box to samba-server/
print$ as the print admin and write files.
>
> For Ubuntu, which doesn't have a root user, there was a suggestion to put an
> ordinary user in the cupsaddsmb command line, but I should not need that.
>
> I seem to recall that in the end I was told to ditch the whole idea and do
> it differently - perhaps let the client use its own drivers? *I can't find
> that thread now.
>
> I have added the Samba server to my /etc/hosts, but haven't given my computer
> a fixed IP address. *It is always 192.168.1.2.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Doug.
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