Samba newb is a bit confused ;x

[Guest orcsoul]

I'm a bit confused with a few things in samba... I have a Canon S630 printer set up on my MDK9.0 box, the MDK box uses the printer flawlessly... But when it comes time to share the printer over the network, my XP Pro box can detect it, tells me that the MDK Box has the wrong driver, I say ok and use the XP drivers that were installed on the XP box before, and everything else gets installed fine. But the printer status in the printers dialog lists me as not having permission to access the printer? I've read something about adding SMB users, but can't seem to find any information about how to do that, I'll be sure to put my smb.conf file in here shortly as I'm typing this on my XP box.

 

 

Here's the smb.conf file:

 

 

# This is the main Samba configuration file. You should read the

# smb.conf(5) manual page in order to understand the options listed

# here. Samba has a huge number of configurable options (perhaps too

# many!) most of which are not shown in this example

#

# Any line which starts with a ; (semi-colon) or a # (hash)

# is a comment and is ignored. In this example we will use a #

# for commentry and a ; for parts of the config file that you

# may wish to enable

#

# NOTE: Whenever you modify this file you should run the command "testparm"

# to check that you have not made any basic syntactic errors.

#

#======================= Global Settings =====================================

[global]

 

# 1. Server Naming Options:

# workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name

workgroup = Doomarray

 

# netbios name is the name you will see in "Network Neighbourhood",

# but defaults to your hostname

; netbios name = <name_of_this_server>

 

# server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field

server string = Samba Server %v

 

# 2. Printing Options:

# CHANGES TO ENABLE PRINTING ON ALL CUPS PRINTERS IN THE NETWORK

# (as cups is now used in linux-mandrake 7.2 by default)

# if you want to automatically load your printer list rather

# than setting them up individually then you'll need this

printcap name = lpstat

load printers = yes

 

# It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless

# yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include:

# bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx, cups

printing = cups

 

# Samba 2.2 supports the Windows NT-style point-and-print feature. To

# use this, you need to be able to upload print drivers to the samba

# server. The printer admins (or root) may install drivers onto samba.

# Note that this feature uses the print$ share, and not the printers share,

# so you will need to enable it below.

# This parameter works like domain admins:

# printer admin = @<group> <user>

; printer admin = @adm

 

# 3. Logging Options:

# this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine

# that connects

log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m

 

# Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb).

max log size = 50

 

# Set the log (verbosity) level (0 <= log level <= 10)

; log level = 3

 

# 4. Security Options:

# This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict

# connections to machines which are on your local network. The

# following example restricts access to two C class networks and

# the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see

# the smb.conf man page. Do not enable this if (tcp/ip) name resolution does

# not work for all the hosts in your network.

; hosts allow = 10.0.0.10

 

# Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd

# otherwise the user "nobody" is used

; guest account = pcguest

 

# Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See

# security_level.txt for details.

security = share

# Use password server option only with security = server or security = domain

# When using security = domain, you should use password server = *

; password server = <NT-Server-Name>

 

# Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for

# all combinations of upper and lower case.

; password level = 8

; username level = 8

 

# You may wish to use password encryption. Please read

# ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation.

# Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents

# Encrypted passwords are required for any use of samba in a Windows NT domain

# The smbpasswd file is only required by a server doing authentication, thus

# members of a domain do not need one.

encrypt passwords = yes

smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd

 

# The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to

# also update the Linux system password.

# NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above.

# NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only

# the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password

# to be kept in sync with the SMB password.

unix password sync = Yes

passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u

passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %nn *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %nn

*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*

 

# Unix users can map to different SMB User names

; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

 

# Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration

# on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name

# of the machine that is connecting

; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m

 

# 5. Browser Control and Networking Options:

# Most people will find that this option gives better performance.

# See speed.txt and the manual pages for details

socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192

 

# Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces

# If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them

# here. See the man page for details.

; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24

 

# Configure remote browse list synchronisation here

# request announcement to, or browse list sync from:

# a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below)

; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255

# Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here

; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44

 

# set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master

# browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply

; local master = no

 

# OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser

# elections. The default value should be reasonable

; os level = 33

 

# Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This

# allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this

# if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job

; domain master = yes

 

# Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup

# and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election

; preferred master = yes

 

# 6. Domain Control Options:

# Enable this if you want Samba to be a domain logon server for

# Windows95 workstations or Primary Domain Controller for WinNT and Win2k

; domain logons = yes

 

# if you enable domain logons then you may want a per-machine or

# per user logon script

# run a specific logon batch file per workstation (machine)

; logon script = %U.bat

# run a specific logon batch file per username

; logon script = %U.bat

 

# Where to store roaming profiles for WinNT and Win2k

# %L substitutes for this servers netbios name, %U is username

# You must uncomment the [Profiles] share below

; logon path = %LProfiles%U

 

# Where to store roaming profiles for Win9x. Be careful with this as it also

# impacts where Win2k finds it's /HOME share

; logon home = %L%U.profile

 

# The add user script is used by a domain member to add local user accounts

# that have been authenticated by the domain controller, or by the domain

# controller to add local machine accounts when adding machines to the domain.

# The script must work from the command line when replacing the macros,

# or the operation will fail. Check that groups exist if forcing a group.

# Script for domain controller for adding machines:

; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false %u

# Script for domain member for addig local accounts for authenticated users:

; add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false %u

 

# 7. Name Resolution Options:

# All NetBIOS names must be resolved to IP Addresses

# 'Name Resolve Order' allows the named resolution mechanism to be specified

# the default order is "host lmhosts wins bcast". "host" means use the unix

# system gethostbyname() function call that will use either /etc/hosts OR

# DNS or NIS depending on the settings of /etc/host.config, /etc/nsswitch.conf

# and the /etc/resolv.conf file. "host" therefore is system configuration

# dependant. This parameter is most often of use to prevent DNS lookups

# in order to resolve NetBIOS names to IP Addresses. Use with care!

# The example below excludes use of name resolution for machines that are NOT

# on the local network segment

# - OR - are not deliberately to be known via lmhosts or via WINS.

; name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast

 

# Windows Internet Name Serving Support Section:

# WINS Support - Tells the NMBD component of Samba to enable it's WINS Server

; wins support = yes

 

# WINS Server - Tells the NMBD components of Samba to be a WINS Client

# Note: Samba can be either a WINS Server, or a WINS Client, but NOT both

; wins server = w.x.y.z

 

# WINS Proxy - Tells Samba to answer name resolution queries on

# behalf of a non WINS capable client, for this to work there must be

# at least one WINS Server on the network. The default is NO.

; wins proxy = yes

 

# DNS Proxy - tells Samba whether or not to try to resolve NetBIOS names

# via DNS nslookups. The built-in default for versions 1.9.17 is yes,

# this has been changed in version 1.9.18 to no.

dns proxy = no

 

# 8. File Naming Options:

# Case Preservation can be handy - system default is _no_

# NOTE: These can be set on a per share basis

; preserve case = no

; short preserve case = no

# Default case is normally upper case for all DOS files

; default case = lower

# Be very careful with case sensitivity - it can break things!

; case sensitive = no

 

# Enabling internationalization:

# you can match a Windows code page with a UNIX character set.

# Windows: 437 (US), 737 (GREEK), 850 (Latin1 - Western European),

# 852 (Eastern Eu.), 861 (Icelandic), 932 (Cyrillic - Russian),

# 936 (Japanese - Shift-JIS), 936 (Simpl. Chinese), 949 (Korean Hangul),

# 950 (Trad. Chin.).

# UNIX: ISO8859-1 (Western European), ISO8859-2 (Eastern Eu.),

# ISO8859-5 (Russian Cyrillic), KOI8-R (Alt-Russ. Cyril.)

# This is an example for french users:

; client code page = 850

; character set = ISO8859-1

 

 

#============================ Share Definitions ==============================

[homes]

comment = Home Directories

browseable = no

writable = yes

 

# Un-comment the following and create the netlogon directory for Domain Logons

; [netlogon]

; comment = Network Logon Service

; path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon

; guest ok = yes

; writable = no

; share modes = no

 

#Uncomment the following 2 lines if you would like your login scripts to

#be created dynamically by ntlogon (check that you have it in the correct

#locationn (the default of the ntlogon rpm available in contribs)

;root preexec = /usr/bin/ntlogon -u %U -g %G -o %a -d /var/lib/samba/netlogon

;root postexec = rm -f /var/lib/samba/netlogon/%U.bat

 

# Un-comment the following to provide a specific roving profile share

# the default is to use the user's home directory

;[Profiles]

; path = /var/lib/samba/profiles

; browseable = no

; guest ok = yes

 

 

# NOTE: If you have a CUPS print system there is no need to

# specifically define each individual printer.

# You must configure the samba printers with the appropriate Windows

# drivers on your Windows clients. On the Samba server no filtering is

# done. If you wish that the server provides the driver and the clients

# send PostScript ("Generic PostScript Printer" under Windows), you have

# to swap the 'print command' line below with the commented one.

[printers]

comment = All Printers

path = /var/spool/samba

browseable = no

# to allow user 'guest account' to print.

guest ok = yes

writable = no

printable = yes

create mode = 0700

# =====================================

# print command: see above for details.

# =====================================

print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients).

print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients).

lpq command = lpstat -o %p

lprm command = cancel %p-%j

 

# This share is used for Windows NT-style point-and-print support.

# To be able to install drivers, you need to be either root, or listed

# in the printer admin parameter above. Note that you also need write access

# to the directory and share definition to be able to upload the drivers.

# You must disable (by commenting out) the share above if you enable this.

# For more information on this, please see the Printing Support Section of

# /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.1a/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

# Please note that this has not yet been tested as packaged here with CUPS.

;[print$]

; path = /var/lib/samba/printers

; browseable = yes

; read only = yes

; write list = @adm root

 

# This one is useful for people to share files

;[tmp]

; comment = Temporary file space

; path = /tmp

; read only = no

; public = yes

 

# A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in

# the "staff" group

;[public]

; comment = Public Stuff

; path = /home/samba/public

; public = yes

; writable = no

; write list = @staff

 

# Other examples.

#

# A private printer, usable only by Fred. Spool data will be placed in Fred's

# home directory. Note that fred must have write access to the spool directory,

# wherever it is.

;[fredsprn]

; comment = Fred's Printer

; valid users = fred

; path = /homes/fred

; printer = freds_printer

; public = no

; writable = no

; printable = yes

 

# A private directory, usable only by Fred. Note that Fred requires write

# access to the directory.

;[fredsdir]

; comment = Fred's Service

; path = /usr/somewhere/private

; valid users = fred

; public = no

; writable = yes

; printable = no

 

# a service which has a different directory for each machine that connects

# this allows you to tailor configurations to incoming machines. You could

# also use the %u option to tailor it by user name.

# The %m gets replaced with the machine name that is connecting.

;[pchome]

; comment = PC Directories

; path = /usr/pc/%m

; public = no

; writable = yes

 

# The following two entries demonstrate how to share a directory so that two

# users can place files there that will be owned by the specific users. In this

# setup, the directory should be writable by both users and should have the

# sticky bit set on it to prevent abuse. Obviously this could be extended to

# as many users as required.

;[myshare]

; comment = Mary's and Fred's stuff

; path = /usr/somewhere/shared

; valid users = mary fred

; public = no

; writable = yes

; printable = no

; create mask = 0765

[SoulSe]

I like using Webmin to do all my Samba stuff. It is on your mandrake cds and makes adding Samba users, etc. a breeze.

[Guest Liono]

After you get webmin, you should go into konqueor (or whatever) and access https://127.0.0.1:10000/

 

then enter the root user and pass. Then go to the tab saying "servers". Now go to the samba file server setup. Now, what you want to do is convert the users on your linux computers into samba users(this should be around the bottom of the page). Now, go onto your windows box, and create a user with the same name as the one you converted on linux. Now, you should be able to access the printer from your winxp computer(you might have to enter a password, just enter the one of the user you converted on the linux box)

[phunni]

Have you tried actually printing anything? In my XP box, I often get an access denied message depsite the fact that I can quite happily print to the shared printer

[ranger]

We have seen this also, where all 60 other win2k boxes work fine, but the 2 winxp boxes show "Access Denied", but will print.

 

If they don't print, turn off the XP firewall, which by default firewalls off ports 137-139