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Old 11-12-2006, 11:00 AM   #1
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Troubles with sharing a printer via Samba


Troubles with sharing a printer via Samba
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Hello,

My printer prints under linux with pnm2ppa. On this machine, samba is running for sharing to pc windows machines.

How to share this printer to windows world ?

I tried unsucessfully:
0/ samba home folder is successfully working
1/ cupsdconf
I said that this printer is allowed
and added ip addresses for guest x.x.1.*

2/ then, I did:
# cupsaddsmb -a
it s asking a password then it blocks

3/ I tried via another way and I got the inforamtion that
I had no drivers
I couldnt find the drivers:
[Windows 2000 and higher]
ps5ui.dll
pscript.hlp
pscript.ntf
pscript5.dll

4/ I did too the :
[global]
load printers = yes
printing = cups
printcap name = cups

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
public = yes
guest ok = yes
writable = no
printable = yes
printer admin = root

[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /etc/samba/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = no
read only = yes
write list = root

and no way !

When on the windoze pc, print$ can be seen on the server but no printer :-(

Please Help !
Thank you !!







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I followed this howto http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...haring+printer and got :

5ui.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)!
Running command: smbclient ///var/run/cups/cups.sock/print$ -N -A /var/spool/cups/tmp/4557689a4d59d -c 'mkdir W32X86;put /var/spool/cups/tmp/4557683844960 W32X86/hp710c.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)!
Running command: smbclient ///var/run/cups/cups.sock/print$ -N -A /var/spool/cups/tmp/4557689b39a9d -c 'mkdir W32X86;put /var/spool/cups/tmp/4557683844960 W32X86/hp710c.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)!
Running command: smbclient ///var/run/cups/cups.sock/print

Last edited by Xeratul; 11-12-2006 at 12:32 PM.
 
Old 11-12-2006, 02:10 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Xeratul
Troubles with s
I could progress with it:

1/ I changed the /etc/cups/cups.d/port.conf
Listen *:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock

2/
I fullfilled the drivers folder
as recommanded above:
Once you have extracted the driver files, copy them to the
/usr/share/cups/drivers directory exactly as named below:

[Windows 2000 and higher]
cups6.inf (from www.cups.org)
cups6.ini (from www.cups.org)
cupsps6.dll (from www.cups.org)
cupsui6.dll (from www.cups.org)
ps5ui.dll (from your Windows system)
pscript.hlp (from your Windows system)
pscript.ntf (from your Windows system)
pscript#
this gives me:
ls -la /usr/share/cups/drivers
total 3572
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-11-12 19:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2006-11-05 23:46 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 803 2006-11-12 19:28 cups6.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 2006-11-12 19:28 cups6.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9529 2006-11-12 19:28 cups6.ppd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12568 2006-11-12 19:28 cupsps6.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13672 2006-11-12 19:28 cupsui6.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136192 2006-11-12 19:28 HPCFNT02.DLL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49152 2006-11-12 19:28 HPCPRD02.DLL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 139264 2006-11-12 19:28 HPCUI02.DLL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46592 2006-11-12 19:28 HPPRN02.DLL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 923263 2006-11-12 19:28 lj632fr.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 132608 2006-11-12 19:28 ps5ui.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 131072 2006-11-12 19:28 PS5UI.DLL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 455168 2006-11-12 19:28 pscript5.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 455168 2006-11-12 19:28 PSCRIPT5.DLL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 225648 2006-11-12 19:28 pscript.dll
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15006 2006-11-12 19:28 pscript.hlp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26761 2006-11-12 19:28 PSCRIPT.HLP
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 792644 2006-11-12 19:28 PSCRIPT.NTF
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51 2006-11-12 19:28 pscript.sep
5.dll (from your Windows system)


3/ then
I review the cups server:
via cupsdconf
to share my printer and make the server


4/
then my /etc/samba/smb.conf
Code:
#
# Sample configuration file for the Samba suite for Debian GNU/Linux.
#
#
# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the
# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed
# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options most of which 
# are not shown in this example
#
# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash) 
# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #
# for commentary and a ; for parts of the config file that you
# may wish to enable
#
# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command
# "testparm" to check that you have not made any basic syntactic 
# errors. 
#

#======================= Global Settings =======================

[global]



## Browsing/Identification ###

# Change this to the workgroup/NT-domain name your Samba server will part of
   workgroup = MSHOME

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field
   server string = %h server (Samba, Ubuntu)

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:
# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable its WINS Server
;   wins support = no

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client
# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both
;   wins server = w.x.y.z

# This will prevent nmbd to search for NetBIOS names through DNS.
   dns proxy = no

# What naming service and in what order should we use to resolve host names
# to IP addresses
;   name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast

#### Networking ####

# The specific set of interfaces / networks to bind to
# This can be either the interface name or an IP address/netmask;
# interface names are normally preferred
;   interfaces = 127.0.0.0/8 eth0

# Only bind to the named interfaces and/or networks; you must use the
# 'interfaces' option above to use this.
# It is recommended that you enable this feature if your Samba machine is
# not protected by a firewall or is a firewall itself.  However, this
# option cannot handle dynamic or non-broadcast interfaces correctly.
;   bind interfaces only = true



#### Debugging/Accounting ####

# This tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine
# that connects
   log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).
   max log size = 1000

# If you want Samba to only log through syslog then set the following
# parameter to 'yes'.
;   syslog only = no

# We want Samba to log a minimum amount of information to syslog. Everything
# should go to /var/log/samba/log.{smbd,nmbd} instead. If you want to log
# through syslog you should set the following parameter to something higher.
   syslog = 0

# Do something sensible when Samba crashes: mail the admin a backtrace
   panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d


####### Authentication #######

# "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account
# in this server for every user accessing the server. See
# /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html
# in the samba-doc package for details.
;   security = user

# You may wish to use password encryption.  See the section on
# 'encrypt passwords' in the smb.conf(5) manpage before enabling.
   encrypt passwords = true

# If you are using encrypted passwords, Samba will need to know what
# password database type you are using.  
   passdb backend = tdbsam

   obey pam restrictions = yes

;   guest account = nobody
   invalid users = root

# This boolean parameter controls whether Samba attempts to sync the Unix
# password with the SMB password when the encrypted SMB password in the
# passdb is changed.
;   unix password sync = no

# For Unix password sync to work on a Debian GNU/Linux system, the following
# parameters must be set (thanks to Ian Kahan <<kahan@informatik.tu-muenchen.de> for
# sending the correct chat script for the passwd program in Debian Sarge).
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .

# This boolean controls whether PAM will be used for password changes
# when requested by an SMB client instead of the program listed in
# 'passwd program'. The default is 'no'.
;   pam password change = no




########## Domains ###########

# Is this machine able to authenticate users. Both PDC and BDC
# must have this setting enabled. If you are the BDC you must
# change the 'domain master' setting to no
#
;   domain logons = yes
#
# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of the user's profile directory
# from the client point of view)
# The following required a [profiles] share to be setup on the
# samba server (see below)
;   logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
# Another common choice is storing the profile in the user's home directory
;   logon path = \\%N\%U\profile

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the location of a user's home directory (from the client
# point of view)
;   logon drive = H:
;   logon home = \\%N\%U

# The following setting only takes effect if 'domain logons' is set
# It specifies the script to run during logon. The script must be stored
# in the [netlogon] share
# NOTE: Must be store in 'DOS' file format convention
;   logon script = logon.cmd

# This allows Unix users to be created on the domain controller via the SAMR
# RPC pipe.  The example command creates a user account with a disabled Unix
# password; please adapt to your needs
; add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser --quiet --disabled-password --gecos "" %u

########## Printing ##########

# If you want to automatically load your printer list rather
# than setting them up individually then you'll need this
   load printers = yes

# lpr(ng) printing. You may wish to override the location of the
# printcap file
#   printing = bsd
#   printcap name = /etc/printcap

# CUPS printing.  See also the cupsaddsmb(8) manpage in the
# cupsys-client package.
#   printing = cups
#   printcap name = cups
#



### for the printing capability
hosts allow = 192.168.1.  127.
load printers = yes
printcap name = cups
printing = cups
wins support = yes
dns proxy = no
restrict anonymous = no
domain master = no
preferred master = no
max protocol = NT
acl compatibility = winnt
ldap ssl = No
server signing = Auto






# When using [print$], root is implicitly a 'printer admin', but you can
# also give this right to other users to add drivers and set printer
# properties
#  printer admin = @lpadmin


############ Misc ############

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration
# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name
# of the machine that is connecting
;   include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.
# See smb.conf(5) and /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/speed.html
# for details
# You may want to add the following on a Linux system:
#         SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY

# The following parameter is useful only if you have the linpopup package
# installed. The samba maintainer and the linpopup maintainer are
# working to ease installation and configuration of linpopup and samba.
;   message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' &

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. If this
# machine will be configured as a BDC (a secondary logon server), you
# must set this to 'no'; otherwise, the default behavior is recommended.
;   domain master = auto

# Some defaults for winbind (make sure you're not using the ranges
# for something else.)
;   idmap uid = 10000-20000
;   idmap gid = 10000-20000
;   template shell = /bin/bash

#======================= Share Definitions =======================

# Un-comment the following (and tweak the other settings below to suit)
# to enable the default home directory shares.  This will share each
# user's home directory as \\server\username
[homes]
   comment = Home Directories
   browseable = no

# By default, \\server\username shares can be connected to by anyone
# with access to the samba server.  Un-comment the following parameter
# to make sure that only "username" can connect to \\server\username
;   valid users = %S

# By default, the home directories are exported read-only. Change next
# parameter to 'yes' if you want to be able to write to them.
   writable = yes

# File creation mask is set to 0600 for security reasons. If you want to
# create files with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0664.
   create mask = 0600

# Directory creation mask is set to 0700 for security reasons. If you want to
# create dirs. with group=rw permissions, set next parameter to 0775.
;   directory mask = 0700

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
;[netlogon]
;   comment = Network Logon Service
;   path = /home/samba/netlogon
;   guest ok = yes
;   writable = no
;   share modes = no


# Un-comment the following and create the profiles directory to store
# users profiles (see the "logon path" option above)
# (you need to configure Samba to act as a domain controller too.)
# The path below should be writable by all users so that their
# profile directory may be created the first time they log on
[profiles]
   comment = Users profiles
   path = /home/samba/profiles
   guest ok = no
   browseable = no
   create mask = 0600
   directory mask = 0700



# [printers]
#   comment = All Printers
#    browseable = yes
#    path = /tmp
#    printable = yes
#    public = yes
#    writable = no
#    create mode = 0700
# 
# Windows clients look for this share name as a source of downloadable
# printer drivers
# [print$]
#    comment = Printer Drivers
#    path = /var/lib/samba/printers
#    browseable = yes
#    read only = yes
#    guest ok = yes


# NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
# specifically define each individual printer
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = yes
# Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
public = yes
guest ok = no
printable = yes
printer admin = root



[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /etc/samba/drivers
browseable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = yes
write list = root











# Uncomment to allow remote administration of Windows print drivers.
# Replace 'ntadmin' with the name of the group your admin users are
# members of.
;   write list = root, @ntadmin



# A sample share for sharing your CD-ROM with others.
;[cdrom]
;   comment = Samba server's CD-ROM
;   writable = no
;   locking = no
;   path = /cdrom
;   public = yes




# The next two parameters show how to auto-mount a CD-ROM when the
#	cdrom share is accesed. For this to work /etc/fstab must contain
#	an entry like this:
#
#       /dev/scd0   /cdrom  iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro,user   0 0
#
# The CD-ROM gets unmounted automatically after the connection to the
#
# If you don't want to use auto-mounting/unmounting make sure the CD
#	is mounted on /cdrom
#
;   preexec = /bin/mount /cdrom
;   postexec = /bin/umount /cdrom

5/ mkdir /etc/samba/drivers

5.5/ /etc/init.d/samba restart


6/ soo, nowm the windows PC can see teh printer of the LINUX BOX !!!! whaoo !!


7/ help , how to install the networked-printer under WINDOWS 98 ??? which drivers ?

8/ from another linux machine, how to make it installed too this networked-printer ?? which drivers ?


Please help !
 
Old 12-02-2006, 08:28 AM   #3
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Depends on the windows printer drivers. Try:
Select -> add printer -> network printer, Browse or enter the \computer_name\printer_name

A popup box should be displayed where you can select the printer or if not listed the printer driver. Once the driver is loaded you should see an icon in the printers section of the control panel.
 
  


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