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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 11:43:48 -0500 Subject: PPR: Re: This message was sent to ppr-list on December 2nd by Ashok Aiyar <aiyar@ebv.mimnet.northwestern.edu>. It didn't go out because it contains the word "help" in the first line. This report is a very strange one. Anyone have any ideas? >I need help setting up Samba printing using PPR. I am using >PPR as a print-spooler on a Slackware Linux PC (PPR version >1.53b1, although the same thing happened with 1.52). > >I've setup two spools to either print to a Lexmark Optra or >a Tektronix Phaser. I can print directly from the Linux PC, >and I can also submit jobs from other computers via lprsrv >to the Linux PC, and they get spooled correctly. > >I used `ppr2samba' to allow Windows machines to print to >these two printers. The Samba version is 2.2.8a. > >/usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf was correctly modified >/etc/ppr/smb-include.conf was correctly created >/var/spool/ppr/sambaspool was created (mode 1777, user: ppr, >group: ppr) > >I added the samba guest user to /etc/ppr/acl/pprprox.allow > >I tested whether Samba printing was working locally from >the Linux PC when jobs are submitted by the "guest" user >using smbclient. The command I used was: > >smbclient //EBV/optrat -U guest -N >smb: \> put tiger.ps > >(tiger.ps is a file from the Ghostscript distribution). > >This file prints out perfectly on the Lexmark Optra printer. > >So far so good. The problem is I am unable to print jobs from >any other computer via SMB. > >The jobs just sit in /var/spool/ppr/sambaspool > >For example `ls -l /usr/spool/ppr/sambaspool/' >shows: >-rw------- 1 ftp ftp 23244 Nov 28 18:23 smbprn.000070.qzAkd9 >-rw------- 1 ftp ftp 23244 Nov 28 18:28 smbprn.000073.WsFIi7 > >(the Samba guest user is set to be "ftp"). > >I'm not sure what the problem is. Can someone help me? > >Thank you, >Ashok Aiyar > > -- Ashok Aiyar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor email: > a-aiyar@northwestern.edu Department of Microbiology-Immunology office: > (312) 503-2524 303 E. Chicago Avenue, WARD 4-123 lab: (312) 503-2542 > Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611 fax: (312) 503-1339 >