Linux to Linux Printer sharing with Samba
 

Hello,

I have a network with machines that dual boot wintendo 2k and Redhat linux 8. I am using samba so mount shares and printers. Currently it works for mounting shares from windows to linux and linux to linux. It is also working for printing from windows to linux.

What I cannot seem to get to work is printing from linux to linux. I cannot seem to get the same printer share to work from a linux machine?

Any Ideas, Here is the Smb.conf file from the host. I can browse the printers in windows network and print. But Printing from a linux machine to the same printer share on the linux host does not work.


# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1)
# Date: 2003/06/06 12:36:10

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = MBS
netbios name = DUALLIE
server string = Samba Server
encrypt passwords = Yes
obey pam restrictions = Yes
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
unix password sync = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
hosts allow = 192.168.
printing = lprng

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes

[public]
path = /publicfolder
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

[RedHatSysArch]
path = /mnt/common/RedhatSysArch
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

In redhat 8 ther is a gui tool called redhat-config-printers or sommething close to that. That should be pretty easy to configure.

yeah, you don't need samba if you are only sharing between two linux boxes, it's much easier than that!
the tool jstu is refering to is 'printtool' or 'printconf', one of those
just set up a local printer on one using that tool, and then make sure the computers can talk to each other and have appropriate hostnames (in /etc/hosts on each computer) and then use printconf on the other and set 'remote lp queue' and put in the appropriate information including the hostname of the print server and the name of the print queue on the remote printer, and then start lpd on both machines and presto.... shared printer :)