I have a Linux Redhat 7 machine running Samba, and file and print
serving about 30 win98/nt machines. There are 4 printers setup on our
network. All is running smoothly, and I am quite pleased with the setup,
except one small hickup. I've searched this list's archives, and read all
the resources that I have available to no avail.
There is a problem with the permissions on the print spool directories (or
somewhere in my config I assume). When the print spool directories are set
to the proper permissions, such as:
/var/spool/lpd/hp2100tn
mode 700, rwx for user only, with owners of the directory as lp:lp.
I can print using the lpr command sitting at the machine for any user.
====The problem====
When the win users (through samba) try to print with the permissions set
like this, they get some error in windows like, "This printer is not
available, it will be set for offline use... blah blah blah". Bottom line
they can't print, and they get upset. The log.smb reports, simply
"Permission error".
So, as a temporary fix I changed the permissions to:
/var/spool/lpd/hp2100tn
mode 777, rwx for user, group, world, same owner lp:lp.
Like this, the windows machine can print fine, no errors or nasty messages.
If I reboot the linux machine, it tells me during boot up that the
permissions are wrong for those print spool directories and changes them
back to 700 for me. This causes trouble for the windows users again. The
machine is not exposed to the outside world, so I am not concerned with
security on these directories, but I want it to function properly by itself
in case someone needs to reboot the machine while I am not around to
correct the permissions. And well, I just want it to be "right".
Not sure what I am doing wrong here. Below are copies of my printcap, and
smb.conf files. In smb.conf you can see I altered the lpr command to
include the -U root, didn't work of corse ;-) Do I need to include a create
mode for the printer maybe? Printing BSD? I didn't get why I needed this.
Anyway I can't proceed on my own.
Thanks for taking a look. Any advice, comments welcome!
p.s. I am quite new to Linux and this list, so forgive my newbieness. I am
very pleased with what I have accomplished though. Linux really impresses
me, and every day I use it I grow to hate MS more and more.
=====Printercap:
# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
hp5m:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp5m:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=10.100.100.200:\
:rp=raw:\
:lpd_bounce=true:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
hp2100tn:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp2100tn:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=10.100.100.201:\
:rp=raw:\
:lpd_bounce=true:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
hp2000c:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp2000c:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=10.100.100.202:\
:rp=raw:\
:lpd_bounce=true:
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE
hp1600c:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp1600c:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:rm=10.100.100.203:\
:rp=raw:\
:lpd_bounce=true:
=======smb.conf
[global]
# Set logging info
log level = 2
max log size = 30
ssl = no
interfaces = 10.100.100.198/24
workgroup = ctp
encrypt passwords = yes
netbios name = fileshare
server string = Samba %v on (%L)
guest ok = no
hide dot files = yes
# Restrict access to the following
hosts allow = 10.100. localhost
# Restrict access for these users
invalid users = @wheel, mail, deamon, adt
# Force this server to become the browse master
domain master = yes
preferred master = yes
os level = 34
# Performance related options
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY
getwd cache = yes
[public]
comment = A groups public share
path = /home/%g
read only = no
create mode = 0770
directory mode = 0770
[homes]
comment = Personal file share
path = /home/%u/share
read only = no
create mode = 0700
directory mode = 0770
[hp2100tn]
comment = The glorious HP2100TN
printer = hp2100tn
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/lpd/hp2100tn
print command = lpr -P hp2100tn -r %s
printing = BSD
read only = yes
[hp5m]
comment = An old-e but a good-e
printer = hp5m
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/lpd/hp5m
print command = lpr -P hp5m -r %s
printing = BSD
read only = yes
[hp2000c]
comment = I drink ink all day long, still I thirst
printer = hp2000c
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/lpd/hp2000c
print command = lpr -P hp2000c -r %s
printing = BSD
read only = yes
[hp1600c]
comment = Old as the hills, but flatter
printer = hp1600c
printable = yes
path = /var/spool/lpd/hp1600c
print command = lpr -U root -P hp1600c -r %s
printing = BSD
read only = yes
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