Getting "Point'n'Print" to work on a samba server

toombs · 02-26-2007, 09:09 PM

Printers with samba are a constant struggle to deal with. My latest installment of the never-ending struggle with me and the Windows operating system involves the point'n'print feature. As you may have guessed, mine is not functional. I have:

-added the [print$] share
-added this line to [global]: printer admin = root
-granted user root the SePrintOperatorPrivilege

Despite all this, I cannot upload print drivers from my windows xp machine to my linux server. The drivers will transfer fine, then when I apply the changes, it gives me this error message, which I have committed to memory: "Printer settings could not be saved. Access is denied." rpcclient setdriver didn't work either:

Code:

SetPrinter call failed!
result was WERR_ACCESS_DENIED

There is no reason whatsoever that access should be denied to a superuser with print privileges and who is on the "print admin" list. If there is anybody who has got this working on samba 3, please tell us what's the secret?

important bits out of my smb.conf:

Code:

   printcap name = cups
   load printers = yes

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless
# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:
# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups
   printing = cups

# Samba 3.x supports the Windows NT-style point-and-print feature. To
# use this, you need to be able to upload print drivers to the samba
# server. The printer admins (or root) may install drivers onto samba.
# Note that this feature uses the print$ share, so you will need to
# enable it below.
# printer admin = @<group> <user>
   printer admin = root
# This should work well for winbind:
;   printer admin = @"Domain Admins"

enable privileges = yes

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   browsable = no
   printable = yes
   writable = no
   public = yes
   path = /var/spool/samba
# to allow user 'guest account' to print.
   guest ok = yes
   create mode = 0700
   use client driver = yes
   printer admin = printer-admin

[epson]
comment = Epson Stylus C88
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/samba
public = yes
guest ok = yes
printer admin = root

[print$]
   path = /var/lib/samba/printers
   browseable = yes
   read only = yes
   write list = root
   guest ok = yes
   public = yes

toombs · 02-26-2007, 09:18 PM

OK! for all those out there trying to get this thing to work: restart cupsd as well as samba and it will work fine. That's the key. As long as you follow the relevant parts from this guide: http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/Samb...Collection.pdf and restart cupsd as well as samba, you should be fine! I hope this saves many of you a lot of time, as it would have saved me!

Wow I'm really happy now. Time for ice cream....