SMB printer status

[iroybk]

Windows computers on my network are able to print to the printer I have shared with samba on my Suse 11.0 box, but the status message says "Access Denied, Unable To Connect" I would like to see the normal "Ready" status message.
I've read through some similar posts regarding this same issue and have made some changes to my smb.conf and cupsd.conf files.

smb.conf

# smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented
# version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SUSE if the
# samba-doc package is installed.
# Date: 2009-01-08
[global]
	workgroup = CO-OP
	printing = cups
	printcap name = cups
	printcap cache time = 750
	cups options = raw
	map to guest = Bad User
	logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile
	logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile
	logon drive = P:
	usershare allow guests = Yes
	add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd  -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$
	domain logons = No
	domain master = No
	security = user
	usershare max shares = 100
	netbios name = Ext-156

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	valid users = %S, %D%w%S
	browseable = No
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes

[profiles]
	comment = Network Profiles Service
	path = %H
	read only = No
	store dos attributes = Yes
	create mask = 0600
	directory mask = 0700

[users]
	comment = All users
	path = /home
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes
	veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/

[groups]
	comment = All groups
	path = /home/groups
	read only = No
	inherit acls = Yes

[printers]
	comment = Net Printers
	path = /var/tmp
	printable = Yes
	create mask = 0700
	browseable = No
	guest ok = yes
	disable spoolss =yes

[print$]
	comment = Printer Drivers
	path = /var/lib/samba/drivers
	write list = @ntadmin root
	force group = ntadmin
	create mask = 0664
	directory mask = 0775

[public]
	path = /windows/D/Public/
	guest ok = Yes
	guest account = Leroy
	read only = No
	write ok = yes

cupsd.conf

#
# "$Id: cupsd.conf.in 7199 2008-01-08 00:16:30Z mike $"
#
#   Sample configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
#   scheduler.  See "man cupsd.conf" for a complete description of this
#   file.
#

# Log general information in error_log - change "info" to "debug" for
# troubleshooting...
LogLevel info

# Administrator user group...
SystemGroup sys root


# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
Listen localhost:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock

# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow @ LOCAL

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 127.0.0.2
#Allow From @LOCAL
Allow From 10.103.8.*
</Location>

# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic

# Restrict access to the server...
<Location />
Order allow,deny
Allow From 127.0.0.2
</Location>

# Restrict access to the admin pages...
<Location /admin>
Encryption Required
Order allow,deny
</Location>

# Restrict access to configuration files...
<Location /admin/conf>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order allow,deny
</Location>

# Set the default printer/job policies...
<Policy default>
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator...
<Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job>
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit> 

  # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate...
<Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit> 

  # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate...
<Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit> 

  # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...
<Limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
Order deny,allow
</Limit> 

<Limit All>
Order deny,allow
</Limit> 
</Policy> 

#
# End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in 7199 2008-01-08 00:16:30Z mike $".
#

Any Suggestions? Thank You.

On Fri May 8 2009 08:46 pm, iroybk wrote:

>
> Windows computers on my network are able to print to the printer I have
> shared with samba on my Suse 11.0 box, but the status message says
> "Access Denied, Unable To Connect" I would like to see the normal
> "Ready" status message.
> I've read through some similar posts regarding this same issue and have
> made some changes to my smb.conf and cupsd.conf files.
>
<snip>
>
> [printers]
> comment = Net Printers
> path = /var/tmp
> printable = Yes
> create mask = 0700
> browseable = No
> guest ok = yes
> disable spoolss =yes
>
<snip>
>
> Any Suggestions? Thank You.

iroybk;

I would start by commenting out "disable spoolss = yes". I'll not guarantee
that will solve your problem but it may. It is really not a recommended
setting. Below is the write up for "disable spoolss" in man smb.conf.

disable spoolss (G)

Enabling this parameter will disable Samba´s support for the SPOOLSS set of
MS-RPC´s and will yield identical behavior as Samba 2.0.x. Windows NT/2000
clients will downgrade to using Lanman style printing commands. Windows 9x/ME
will be unaffected by the parameter. However, this will also disable the
ability to upload printer drivers to a Samba server via the Windows NT Add
Printer Wizard or by using the NT printer properties dialog window. It will
also disable the capability of Windows NT/2000 clients to download print
drivers from the Samba host upon demand. Be very careful about enabling this
parameter.

Default: disable spoolss = no

I suspect you may be seeing the effects of disabling MS-RPCs.
--
P. V.
"We're all in this together, I'm pulling for you." Red Green

[swerdna]

Put this line in the [global] stanza and try again after "rcnmb restart" and "rcsmb restart":

use client driver = yes

References: Printer Sharing: Samba Print Server for Suse/openSUSE Linux & Windows Clients

Long time since, but I think that's the hack to get rid of the message.

[iroybk]

I did both and it works perfect. Thank You