Security level problem with Samba Apsfilter print server

[K Anderson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham North" <northg at shaw.ca>
To: "questions freebsd" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Security level problem with Samba Apsfilter print server


> Recently I tried using Samba to print from the WinXP box to a FreeBSD
> webserver which has been using Samba 2.2.12 successfully to share
> folders to WinXP.
>
> It works - sort of.  Problem is Samba keeps applying user level security
> to printer access.   I thought that I could change security to "share"
> in the [printers} definition but that does not seem to work.  Probably a
> doddle to fix for you pros..!
>
> I was able to connect printer to FBSD box, and install it as a printer
> in WinXP, however if I shutdown WinXP then the next time I boot WinXP my
> printer is inaccessible until I "login" to my FBSD file shares using a
> user id.  There are lots of settings which I have tried which are
> currently commented out as they did not seem to be effective.  Help with
> this would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to have to "login" to
> my webserver every time I need to print from Windows.
My guess is that your XP user name and password are different from your 
FreeBSD user name and password. You can try a couple of things: On your XP 
computer create a user account that matchs your FreeBSD account and login 
information and see if it pesters for the password and name; the other is 
create an account on  your FreeBSD computer to match your XP user name and 
password and see what happens.

> Here is my smb.conf: (sorry the [printers] is at bottom)
> #======================= Global Settings
> =====================================
> [global]
>    printing = BSD
>    workgroup = DELNORTE
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    server string = soleado server
>    hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.102
> 192.168.0.103
>    printcap = /etc/printcap
>    load printers = yes
>    log file = /var/log/log.%m
>
>    max log size = 50
>    security = user
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY
>
>    wins support = no
>
> #============================ Share Definitions
> ==============================
> [gn]
>    comment = Soleado WebServer
>    path = /home/gn
>    browseable = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    read only = no
>
> [configs]
>    comment = Soleado Configs
>    path = /home/soleado_configs
>    browseable = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    read only = no
>
> [wqs]
>    comment = WQS  WebServer
>    path = /home/wqs
>    browseable = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    read only = no
>
> # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
> #20060826  Opened up printer section again.
> [printers]
>   comment = All Printers
>   path = /var/spool/lpd
> #   print command = /usr/bin/lpr -P%p -r %s
>   public = yes
>   browseable = no
> #  security = share
> # set client driver use to no
>  use client driver = yes
> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>   guest ok = yes
> #   guest account = nobody
> #  writeable = yes
>   printable = yes
>   printer = lp
>
>
> -- 
> Kindness can be infectious - try it.
>
> Graham North
> Vancouver, BC
> www.soleado.ca
>
>
>


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