ppr-list-digest volume 1, number 166, message 1

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From: Steve Hsieh <steveh@eecs.umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 15:38:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: PPR: Windows printer driver autoinstall

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, David S. Chappell wrote:

> At 12:30 AM 9/12/99 +0100, Espen H. Koht wrote:
> >On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, David S. Chappell wrote:
> >> Make sure the "printer driver file =" line is in the [global] section.  I
> >> think that, around the time of 1.40a5, the comments in the
> >> smb-protos.conf.sample file were wrong out which line had to be copied into
> >> the [global] section.
> >
> >In my copy it claims both "printer driver file" and "printer driver
> >location" needs to go in the [global] section. Having just the former
> >doesn't seem to get me any further.
> >
> >Espen
> 
> Interesting question.  I based my statement on the Samba documentation.  I
> actually put both in [global].  I really wish the Samba developers would
> make both share level parameters.


Just to add data.. in our setup, 
   printer driver location=\\%h\pprwin95$
is in [pprproto]

   printer driver file = /var/spool/ppr/drivers/win95/printers.def
is in [global]

Steve