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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
>