Samba & PDF problem

Hello,

I am having difficulties in getting the PDF printing script to work with my Samba server.
At first I was shown the error "Access Denied, Unable to Connect". This was fixed by adding
"Use Client Driver = Yes" to smb.conf.

My problem now is that everything seems to work fine, however no PDF's are created!

Below are what i think are the relevant bits from the Cups and Samba log files. It is a working
file server and all other functions are fine, including regular printing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Richard

Cups error_log line:

E [23/Dec/2003:15:54:56 +0000] print_job: resource name '/printers/pdf' no good!


Samba log line:

[2003/12/23 15:22:12, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_job_submit(655)
Unable to print file to pdf - client-error-not-found

Smb.conf

[global]
netbios name = ls
smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
server string = ls
printing = cups
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
local master = yes
workgroup = Workgroup
os level = 34
auto services = global gm cd's PDFs tech printers OfficeJetLX pdf printer
encrypt passwords = no
printcap name = cups
security = share
wins support = true
browseable = yes
nt smb support = yes
nt pipe support =yes
nt status support = yes
show add printer wizard = yes
domain master = yes

[gm]
path = /data/goldmine
readonly = no
public = yes
[cd's]
comment = CD's
path = /data/cd
public = yes
writable = no
printable = no

[printer$]
comment = Drivers
path = /data/tech/drivers
public = yes
writable = yes

[PDFs]
path = /data/pdf
public = yes
writable = yes

[tech]
comment = Technical Files
path = /data/tech
public = yes
writable = yes


[OJLX]
path = /data/spool/OLX
printer = Office Jet LX
public = yes
writable = no
printable = yes

[pdf]
path = /data/spool/pdf
lpq command =
writeable = no
print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s
printable = yes
public = yes
lprm command =
create mask = 0700
browseable = yes
use client driver = yes

PDF script:


# Simple script to convert a specified postscript file into a PDF document
# and place it in a location that is shared by the Samba server.
#
# Arguments:
# 1st - The name of the spool file
#
# John Bright, 2001, jbright@winfordeng.com

# We will create the pdf into a temporary file based upon the current date and t
ime.
# After we are finished, we'll rename it to a file with the same date, but endin
g
# in .pdf. We do this because if a user tries to open a PDF that is still being
written,
# they will get a message that it is corrupt, when it is actually just not done
yet.

DATE=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`

# Directory in which to place the output
# Be sure this directory exists and is writable by the user that Samba
# is running as (for example, the nobody user)
OUTDIR=/data/pdf

ps2pdf $1 $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp
mv $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp $OUTDIR/$DATE.pdf
rm $1

shouldnt a .ps be created instead of a pdf?

err...I don’t know. (Don’t think so.)

I do know is that I want it to be a PDF, not sure if it needs to be saved as postscript. The script shown above is 'sold' as a PDF generator.

Any Ideas, Google and search on here has turned up nothing.

Help greatly appreciated

Can you test the pdfprint script by trying a .ps file from your linux box e.g.

/usr/bin/printpdf test.ps

Just locate *.ps to find any .ps file and run it through.

If it appears in the output directory as a pdf, then we've eliminated that script from the problem.

Cheers Adam!

That works fine, im guessing the problem has something to do with the samba bit of the process?

If it has any bearing, when the printer queue is opened (in windows XP) it says "the printer pdf on ls is initializing" sometimes and when a job is submitted (print test page) it does not appear in the queue.

any help greatly appreciated!

Richard

edit:

This appears in log.smbd

[2004/01/19 13:48:01, 0] smbd/server.c:main(707)
smbd version 2.2.7a-security-rollup-fix started.
Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the Samba Team 1992-2002
[2004/01/19 13:48:01, 0] param/loadparm.c:service_ok(2233)
No path in service pdf - using /tmp
[2004/01/19 13:48:10, 0] smbd/oplock_linux.c:linux_init_kernel_oplocks(287)
Failed to setup RT_SIGNAL_LEASE handler
[2004/01/19 13:48:11, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_queue_get(788)
Unable to get jobs for ipp://localhost/printers/pdf - client-error-not-found

Richard,

I'm afraid I am no expert at this subject, It took me a while to get mine working, but I love it now. Below I'll stick my config files (smb.conf,printpdf) as there are on my system.
[global]
guest account = nobody
invalid users = root
netbios name = Samba
hosts allow = 192.168.
security=share
workgroup=MARTINHALE

[PDFprint]
path = /pdfshare/pdfs
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
force user = nobody

[pdf]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s
lpq command =
lprm command =

Well that went wrong, I'll try again, this time without a cat on the keyboard:

[global]
guest account = nobody
invalid users = root
netbios name = Samba
hosts allow = 192.168.
security=share
workgroup=MARTINHALE

[PDFprint]
path = /pdfshare/pdfs
browseable = yes
writeable = yes
guest ok = yes
force user = nobody

[pdf]
path = /tmp
printable = yes
guest ok = yes
print command = /usr/bin/printpdf %s
lpq command =
lprm command =

-------------------------------------------------------------------

#!/bin/sh

DATE=`date +%b%d-%H%M%S`

OUTDIR=/pdfshare/pdfs

ps2pdf $1 $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp
mv $OUTDIR/$DATE.temp $OUTDIR/$DATE.pdf
rm $1

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These are mostly the same as yours, except for a few differences i.e. the use of the "nobody" user......

Make sure the permissions to the output directory are then correct..

Brilliant! It works, for anyone reading this thread then the smb.conf and script above work well!

Thanks loads Adam!

Richard