Am Dienstag, 10. Januar 2006 12.10 schrieb Clive Menzies: > On (10/01/06 08:53), Angela Gavazzi wrote: > > I think I'm doing some idiot error, but I can't find it - or it's a > > library problem or something else. > > Not sure this will be much help but here goes ... > > > I have a sarge system, samba 3.0.20 from testing (also tried samba > > version from sarge) and tried cups in all versions: 1.0.23.10/12/15 > > (sarge,testing,unstable). > > Samba is member server in an NT4 domain (need to move the printserver to > > migrate the domain), authentication through winbind, all works on samba. > > Can make shares, put data into it, robocopy data from windows to it with > > the correct acls. > > I can install printers in cups, can print from Linux, all is ok. > > Samba 3.0.14a-3 and Cupsys 1.1.23-10 work fine on our sarge servers > serving Windows (XP, 2000 and 98), Mac and Linux clients. I don't > believe you will gain much from using the etch versions unless there is > specific functionality you're after that isn't available in sarge. Sure but it's not better with the sarge version, I had this at first and tried the other later, as I couldn't get it running. > > I haven't yet cracked centralised authentication and so the setups we > have are simpler in many respects. Nonetheless it is worth referring to > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html I will have a look at it. > > if you haven't already. > > > When I try to prepare the printerdrivers for the windows clients with > > cupsaddsmb "nothing" happens: no error message, "Printer added > > successfully" but not drivers copied to print$ share, no updates from > > ntprinters.tdb, nothing. > > > > I just put a post here about 10 days ago, but nobody ansered, the same on > > samba and cups list. > > At the risk of asking a dumb question, have you set up the windows > driver sharing within smb.conf? sure [print$] [printers] and necessary permissions. On the post from 2 1. 06 16.17 I attached all the configs if you like to see them > > Also can you print from windows printer setting it up with a driver > sourced from somewhere other than the server? do you meen from windows client to the printer connected to cups with a locally installed driver? Or do you meen if I loaded the windows driver to the server via windows printer wizard?
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