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Samba Print Sharing Stopped Working

I was doing some work on my Debian machine and updated the samba packages. That was broken for a while and then I got it working again. Then I noticed that I couldn't print from anywhere - not in Linux nor in Windows! I tried an apt-get upgrade and a whole bunch of ppackages were held back. I hate when that happens. How do I just tell it to go ahead anyway?

So I noticed that one of the held back packages was cups. I got that installed and now I can print from Linux again, but I still can't print from Windows.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Windows can see the printers, but can't send anything to print. It just remains in the print queue in Windows.

Here are the relevant parts of my smb.conf:

Code:

[global]

        security = SHARE

        guest account = smbprint

        max log size = 1000

        printcap name = cups



[printers]

        comment = All Printers

        path = /home/smbprint

        read only = No

        create mask = 0700

        guest only = Yes

        guest ok = Yes

        printable = Yes

        use client driver = Yes

        browseable = No



[print$]

        comment = Printer Drivers

        path = /var/lib/samba/printers

        guest ok = Yes

I tried for the past two hours to figure this out, but I'm getting sleepy.

The output above is what I ran through testparm -s and one thing I'd like to know is why it says browseable = No if I have browseable = Yes in my smb.conf. Here's what it looks like in my smb.conf:

Code:

[printers]

  comment = All Printers

  browseable = yes

#  path = /tmp

  path = /var/spool/samba

  printable = yes

  public = yes

  writable = yes

  create mode = 0700

  guest only = yes

  guest account = smbprint

  path = /home/smbprint

  use client driver = yes

I know that's not the complete source of my problems - or maybe it is? I'm not sure. Also, I'm using Samba 3.2.3.

Spent another two hours and I don't seem to be any closer to figuring this out than before. I did an apt-get dist-upgrade in case some of the held back packages were causing the problem. Still nothing that could possibly be the problem.

This is really annoying the heck out of me. I've googled every possible thing I can from the log files and I can't find any answers. My smb.conf file should be working according to every single thing I've read on the net.

I know cups isn't broken because I can print from Linux. And Samba is working because I can access my file shares. Basically something got borked with the communication between Samba and Cups. At least that's how it seems.

Any ideas?

here's my latest testparm -s in case I've changed anything major:

Code:

Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf

Processing section "[homes]"

Processing section "[printers]"

Processing section "[print$]"

Processing section "[files]"

Loaded services file OK.

Server role: ROLE_STANDALONE

[global]

        workgroup = MSHOME

        server string = %h server (Samba %v)

        security = SHARE

        obey pam restrictions = Yes

        passdb backend = tdbsam

        guest account = smbprint

        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

        passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n .

        syslog = 0

        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

        max log size = 1000

        printcap name = cups

        dns proxy = No

        panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d

        invalid users = root



[homes]

        comment = Home Directories

        create mask = 0700

        directory mask = 0700

        browseable = No



[printers]

        comment = All Printers

        path = /var/spool/samba

        read only = No

        create mask = 0700

        guest only = Yes

        guest ok = Yes

        printable = Yes

        use client driver = Yes

        browseable = No



[print$]

        comment = Printer Drivers

        path = /var/lib/samba/printers

        guest ok = Yes



[files]

        comment = LinBackup

        path = /media/external/shares

        read only = No

        guest ok = Yes

OK! Finally solved this! I found thsi page

http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo...nting_105.html

which gave me the idea to try rpcclient and then I googled THAT and came to

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...33#post5879333

And when I added

display charset = UTF8

to my smb.conf, it worked! w00t w00t!