On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Joshua Swink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm following along in the guide, trying to make printer drivers > available from Samba. But when I right-click on a printer in Windows > XP and select the "properties" tab, it's disabled: > > http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=BMeeHijW2w%2FyTvDsjpQbEQ%3D%3D > > So how do I enable this so the client can upload the drivers? So far I > have tried: > > * Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in smb.conf. > However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated. Also it > didn't work. > * I wasn't sure if I was connected as a guest, so disabled all "guest > ok = yes" settings. However, this didn't prompt Windows to pop up a > login dialog and the printer wizard remains disabled. > > > Here is the output of smbstatus. It shows the machine I was connected > from. smb.conf contains "printer admin = pmoose" in the [print$] > section, yet I still can't upload the driver. > > ==CUT=================================================== > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/samba# smbstatus > > Samba version 3.0.28a > PID Username Group Machine > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Service pid machine Connected at > ------------------------------------------------------- > IPC$ 16232 pmoose1 Tue May 27 23:38:06 2008 > > No locked files > ==CUT=================================================== >
as a temorary workaround try using: force user = myusername myusername should be somebody that has privillages to write to samba driver directory.. Lucas http://www.lucasmanual.com/mywiki/SambaDomainController -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
