Samba Print server

[Glenn Dawson]

At 12:32 AM 2/21/2006, Graham North wrote:
>This is supposed to be simple...?
>My file shares work fine, I can browse and access files without 
>problem.   But printer "Access denied unable to connect"  It is 
>driving me bonkers!
>My "nobody" account looks okay.  My hosts file is okay.
>lpr works when on the print server machine - it will print.   Windows can't.
>If anyone can give me some suggestions...?

You may need guest ok = yes for the printer share.  Unless of course 
you tried that already.

-Glenn


>Here is my smb.conf file.
>
># smb.conf    20060220 - re-write - simplify
>#
># NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"
># to check that you have not many any basic syntactic errors.
>#
>#======================= Global Settings =====================================
>[global]
>
>    workgroup = DELNORTE
>    encrypt passwords = yes
>    server string = www_server
>    browseable = yes
>    printing = bsd
>#    print command = lpr -s -P %p %s; rm %s
>    hosts allow = 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.101 192.168.1.102 
> 192.168.1.103 #local network
>
>    wins support = no
>
>#============================ Share Definitions ==============================
>[gn]
>    comment = Soleado WebServer
>    path = /home/gn
>    browseable = yes
>    valid users = gn
>    writeable = yes
>
>[wqs]
>    comment = WQS  WebServer
>    path = /home/wqs
>    browseable = yes
>    writeable = yes
>    valid users = gn wqs
>
>
># NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to
># specifically define each individual printer
>[ljet4l]
>    comment = HP4L
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    printable = yes
>    public = yes
>#    valid users = nobody
>#    use client driver = yes
>
>   Thanks to anyone who can help me out of my misery!
>Cheers, Graham/
>
>--
>Kindness can be infectious - try it.
>
>Graham North
>Vancouver, BC
>www.soleado.ca
>
>
>
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