[Samba] printer drivers - Add Printer Wizard disabled

I'm following along in the guide, trying to make printer drivers
available from Samba. But when I right-click on a printer in Windows
XP and select the "properties" tab, it's disabled:

[url]http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=BMeeHijW2w%2FyTvDsjpQbEQ%3D%3D[/url]

So how do I enable this so the client can upload the drivers? So far I
have tried:

* Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in smb.conf.
However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated. Also it
didn't work.
* I wasn't sure if I was connected as a guest, so disabled all "guest
ok = yes" settings. However, this didn't prompt Windows to pop up a
login dialog and the printer wizard remains disabled.


Here is the output of smbstatus. It shows the machine I was connected
from. smb.conf contains "printer admin = pmoose" in the [print$]
section, yet I still can't upload the driver.

==CUT===================================================
root@print00:/etc/samba# smbstatus

Samba version 3.0.28a
PID Username Group Machine
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Service pid machine Connected at
-------------------------------------------------------
IPC$ 16232 pmoose1 Tue May 27 23:38:06 2008

No locked files
==CUT===================================================

Thanks for any assistance.

Josh
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On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Joshua Swink <joshua.swink@gmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm following along in the guide, trying to make printer drivers
> available from Samba. But when I right-click on a printer in Windows
> XP and select the "properties" tab, it's disabled:
>
> [url]http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=BMeeHijW2w%2FyTvDsjpQbEQ%3D%3D[/url]
>
> So how do I enable this so the client can upload the drivers? So far I
> have tried:
>
> * Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in smb.conf.
> However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated. Also it
> didn't work.
> * I wasn't sure if I was connected as a guest, so disabled all "guest
> ok = yes" settings. However, this didn't prompt Windows to pop up a
> login dialog and the printer wizard remains disabled.
>
>
> Here is the output of smbstatus. It shows the machine I was connected
> from. smb.conf contains "printer admin = pmoose" in the [print$]
> section, yet I still can't upload the driver.
>
> ==CUT===================================================
> root@print00:/etc/samba# smbstatus
>
> Samba version 3.0.28a
> PID Username Group Machine
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Service pid machine Connected at
> -------------------------------------------------------
> IPC$ 16232 pmoose1 Tue May 27 23:38:06 2008
>
> No locked files
> ==CUT===================================================
>[/color]

as a temorary workaround try using:

force user = myusername

myusername should be somebody that has privillages to write to samba
driver directory..

Lucas
[url]http://www.lucasmanual.com/mywiki/SambaDomainController[/url]
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Joshua Swink wrote:[color=blue]
> * Add the name of the user as "printer admin = username" in smb.conf.
> However, testparm told me that "printer admin" was deprecated. Also it
> didn't work.
>
>[/color]
From the smb.conf man page:

printer admin (S)
...
This parameter has been marked deprecated in favor of
using the
SePrintOperatorPrivilege and individual print security
descrip-
tors. It will be removed in a future release.

You can use the "net" command to grant SePrintOperatorPrivilege to your
user.



*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
[email]michaelh@jaswin.com.au[/email] <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>

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Michael Heydon wrote:[color=blue]
> From the smb.conf man page:
> printer admin (S)[/color]

Correct. I cover printing via CUPS / Samba from Windows clients in my presentation:

Samba 3 PDC for Windows Clients and Samba 3 Book Review
[url]http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/pub/presentations/iccm2007.pdf[/url]
PDF page 21

Samba, as far as I know, does not automatically make Domain Admins "SePrintOperatorPrivilege's", so I specifically link Domain Admins to SePrintOperatorPrivilege.

Note: Also it is necessary to have the [print$] share set up properly as a repository for the drivers to be uploaded to.

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Oh, one other note... You will have to log on to the domain as a userid with Printer Admin permissions.

For some reason after re-reading the OP's question, I am not certain they are doing that.

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