On 03/11/2012 03:58 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote:
I had my samba printer shares working after many hours of struggling with the samba.conf file. I was happy.
Now the printer shares have quit working. I checked the yum log to see if anything had been changed. Nothing applicable seems to have been changed.
I've been surfing the net for the last couple of days trying to find a solution to the problem but I find many outdated and conflicting articles which only contribute to my confusion.
[mlapier@mushroom ~]$ rpm -qa | grep samba samba-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-client-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-common-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-winbind-devel-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-domainjoin-gui-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-winbind-clients-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba4-libs-4.0.0-23.alpha11.el6.i686 samba-swat-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-doc-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-winbind-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 samba-winbind-krb5-locator-3.5.10-114.el6.i686 [mlapier@mushroom ~]$ uname -a Linux mushroom.patch 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Tue Mar 6 21:21:22 GMT 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [mlapier@mushroom ~]$
CentOS 6.2
[mlapier@mushroom etc]$ ll | grep samba drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 13:59 samba drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 11 2010 samba4 [mlapier@mushroom etc]$
What's with the samba4 directory? It looks like I have samba 3.5.10 on my system.
Here are the applicable stanzas of my samba.conf file
[global] workgroup = MYGROUP server string = Samba Server Version %v log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 security = user passdb backend = tdbsam load printers = yes cups options = raw printcap name = /etc/printcap printing = cups [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes [WorkForce-1100] comment = EPSON WorkForce 1100 path = /var/spool/samba read only = No guest ok = Yes printable = Yes printer name = WorkForce-1100 oplocks = No share modes = No [Samsung-ML-1740] comment = Samsung ML-1740 path = /var/spool/samba read only = No guest ok = Yes printable = Yes printer name = Samsung-ML-1740 oplocks = No share modes = No
When I try to mount a printer from the Win XP machine no print shares are visible.
Any samba experts see anything wrong with my samba.conf file? Do I need to provide more information?
Here's what I've got in my samba.conf file now:
[global] workgroup = MYGROUP server string = Samba Server Version %v log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 printcap name = /etc/printcap
[printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba read only = No guest ok = Yes printable = Yes cups options = raw use client driver = Yes browseable = No
The printers do not appear in the printer list on the Win XP machine but if I specify the path to the printer \192.168.15.2\Samsung-ML-1740 XP mounts it up and prints to it. As usual, I don't know why it didn't work before, and I don't know why it works now.
[mlapier@mushroom ~]$ smbclient -L 192.168.15.2 -U xxxxxxx Enter xxxxxxx's password: Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.10-114.el6]
Sharename Type Comment --------- ---- ------- pictures Disk Pictures budget Disk Budget IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba Server Version 3.5.10-114.el6) WorkForce-1100 Printer EPSON WorkForce 1100 Samsung-ML-1740 Printer Samsung ML-1740 xxxxxxx Disk Home Directories Domain=[MYGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.5.10-114.el6]
Server Comment --------- ------- MUSHROOM Samba Server Version 3.5.10-114.el6
Workgroup Master --------- ------- MYGROUP MUSHROOM PATCH STRAWBERRY
[mlapier@mushroom ~]$ findsmb
*=DMB +=LMB IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.15.2 MUSHROOM +[ MYGROUP ]