Hi!
I've finally installed samba + lprng on an ageing i386. I have two
parallel ports, and a printer attached to each. I'm using debian hamm.
This is /etc/printcap:
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# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig.
#
lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj4:\
:rm=143.167.116.166:\
:rp=raw:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sh:
:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Then, samba is set up so that anyone in our domain may print to this
server, without needing passwords or stuff like that. /etc/smb.conf looks
like this:
[global]
workgroup=radar&communications
server string=Radar & Communications Printer Server
hosts allow=143.167. 127.
load printers=yes
printcap name=/etc/printcap
printing=bsd
log file = /var/log/samba/log/%m
max log size = 20
security=share
socket options=TCP_NODELAY
guest account=pcguest
dns proxy=no
[printers]
comment=Printers at skint
path=/var/spool/lpd/lp
browseable=no
guest ok = yes
writable=no
printable=yes
[ljet]
printer=ljet
public=yes
writable=no
printable=yes
path=/var/spool/lpd/ljet
The other printer is not set up, as lprng does not want to print to
it at all. cat <filename> > /dev/lp2 works fine, though.
I've checked the spool directories, and all have the right
permissions. Curiously enough, if I use smbclient from another linux box, I
can print without problems. However, things coming from Win95/WfWg boxes are
sent to /var/spool/lpd/ljet, and stored there. It seems that lpd doesn't
want to print them. A couple of days ago, with only one parallel port,
everything worked fine. lptune says that both lp1 and lp2 use polling. I
don't know what else to do.
Any words of wisdom on that one?
Cheers,
Jose
--
Jose L Gomez Dans PhD student
Radar & Communications Group
Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Sheffield UK
