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Configuring Samba to allow Use of CUPS printer

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Having trouble with samba printing. I have a CUPS printer installed on an Ubuntu 11.04 server and that works great.

When I try to configure samba to allow an XP machine to use the printer, it fails when printing. I can install the printer drivers for XP from the server and the printer appears in the XP printer control panels. When I try to print a test page from the XP machine I get this error in the system event log:

Jun 27 20:33:29 FatController smbd[3571]: [2012/06/27 20:33:29,  0] rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:603(_netr_ServerAuthenticate3)

Jun 27 20:33:29 FatController smbd[3571]:   _netr_ServerAuthenticate3: netlogon_creds_server_check failed. Rejecting auth request from client JAMES machine account JAMES$

Here's my smb.conf file:

[global]

server string = %h (Server)

workgroup = SODOR

encrypt passwords = true

security = user

os level = 255

preferred master = yes

domain master = yes

local master = yes

logon path = %Lprofile%U

logon drive = S:

logon home = %Lhome%U

domain logons = yes

map to guest = Never

guest ok = no

dns proxy = no

time server = yes

logon script = logon.bat

load printers = yes

printing = cups

printcap name = cups

nt acl support = no

interfaces = eth1 lo

bind interfaces only = yes

smb ports = 445



[netlogon]

comment = Net Log On

path = /home/samba/netlogon

guest ok = no

read only = yes

browseable = no



[profile]

comment = User Profiles

path = /home/samba/profiles

read only = no

create mask = 0600

directory mask = 0700

browseable = no

store dos attributes = yes



[printers]

comment = All Printers

path = /var/spool/samba

browseable = yes

guest ok = no

printable = yes



[print$]

comment = Printer Drivers

path = /var/lib/samba/printers

browseable = yes

guest ok = no

read only = yes

write list = root, skizz

Anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it?

In addition to the above, I also get this error:

Jun 27 21:56:35 FatController smbd[3571]: [2012/06/27 21:56:35,  0] printing/print_cups.c:1027(cups_job_submit)

Jun 27 21:56:35 FatController smbd[3571]:   Unable to print file to `Edward' - client-error-not-authorized

which I think is more relevant.

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answered 3 Years ago serveeel · Accepted Answer

If your not too attached to using Samba you can share a printer using IPP:

The preferred way to connect a Windows client to a Linux print server is using IPP. It's a standard printer protocol based on HTTP, allowing you all ways to profit from port forwarding, tunneling etc. The configuration is very easy and this way is less error-prone than using Samba. IPP is natively supported by Windows since Windows 2000.
To configure the server side you need to enable browsing in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, by adding the line "BrowesAllow all":
```
 Browsing On

 BrowseOrder allow,deny

 BrowseAllow @LOCAL

 BrowseAllow all
```
On the Windows computer, go to the printer control panel and choose to 'Add a New Printer'. Next, choose to give a URL. For the URL, type in the location of the printer: http://host_ip_address:631/printers/printer_name (where host_ip_address is the GNU/Linux server's IP address and printer_name is the name of the printer being connected to).

After this, install the native printer drivers for your printer on the Windows computer. If the CUPS server is set up to use its own printer drivers, then you can just select a generic postscript printer for the Windows client(e.g. 'HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS' or 'Xerox DocuTech 135 PS2'). Then test the print setup by printing a test page.

If you must use Samba to share, you could adding a write list to smb.conf:

[printers]

comment = All Printers

path = /var/spool/samba

browseable = yes

guest ok = no

printable = yes

create mode=0700

write list=@adm root <username>

All of the above info I found at this wiki, which has more info then what I included here. Hope that helps!