Hi Debian masters,
I have installed a Debian box at the office which is mainly a Windows
network:
emba-master:/home/emres# uname -a
Linux emba-master 2.4.27-2-386 #1 Mon May 16 16:47:51 JST 2005 i686
GNU/Linux
Then I also installed SAMBA and CUPS. For now, we can connect to Debian and
use it as a file server. It is also possible to sit in front of the
machine and print to
the HP LaserJet 1100 connected to it.
*Problem*: I just can't make MS Windows PCs print to HP LaserJet
installed on Debian.
Here's smb.conf:
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emba-master:/home/emres# cat /etc/samba/smb.conf | egrep -v " *(;|#)"
[global]
workgroup = emba.networks
server string = %h server (Samba %v)
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
syslog = 0
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
security = user
socket options = TCP_NODELAY
[webroot]
comment = Web Server Root
path = /var/www/apache2-default/web/
writable = yes
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = yes
[Programs]
path = /home/winshare/programs/
comment = Programs
writable = yes
[Games]
path = /home/winshare/games/
comment = Games
writable = yes
[Movies]
path = /home/winshare/movies/
comment = Movies
writable = yes
writable = yes
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
[printers]
[print$]
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
browseable = yes
read only = yes
guest ok = yes
[EmbaPrinter]
comment = EmbaPrinter
writeable = yes
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/samba
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And cupsaddsmb worked without problems:
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emba-master:/home/emres# cupsaddsmb -H emba-master -U root -h
emba-master -v EmbaPrinter
Password for root required to access emba-master via SAMBA:
Running command: rpcclient emba-master -N -U'root%XXXXX' -c 'setdriver
EmbaPrinter EmbaPrinter'
Succesfully set EmbaPrinter to driver EmbaPrinter.
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However, when I connect from a MS Windows PC to \\emba-master and see a
printer
named EmbaPrinter and right-click on it, trying to Connect it doesn't
provide me any
valid driver (showing an unrelated local folder on my PC).
Besides, as you see above there's a "path = /var/lib/samba/printers"
line in smb.com
however:
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emba-master:/home/emres# ls -laR /var/lib/samba/printers/
/var/lib/samba/printers/:
toplam 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:50 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 W32X86
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 WIN40
/var/lib/samba/printers/W32X86:
toplam 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 ..
/var/lib/samba/printers/WIN40:
toplam 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2005-05-27 10:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2005-11-25 00:48 ..
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Where are the drivers? Am I doing something wrong?
Another strange situation when I start my Windows Explorer to browse
\\emba-master
in the "Printers" shared folder I see another printer called "lp dot
matrix printer" which
I didn't define in smb.conf; I also tried my chance with that, trying to
install some HP
driver but then I still couldn't print.
What shoul I check? How can I troubleshoot this?
All I need is to be able to print from MS Windows clients to the HP
LaserJet installed
on Debian (which is working fine locally).
Cheers,
Emre Sevinc
Istanbul Bilgi University
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