[ale] Samba-3.0.0beta3 + CUPS

[Dow Hurst]

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Raju wrote:

>I have banners working with NT Usernames!.
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>1. Change the drivers on the printer to use postscript (this seems to work)
>2. Configure cups to use the banners using cupsconfig
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>Apologies for the wasted bandwith :/
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>-Raju
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>>My recent conquest on Open Source migration for a Client is coming along
>>nicely. I have Oracle running on Linux (used to run on HP-UX), Sybase on
>>Linux (also on Hp-UX) is being tested as a pilot, working on LDAP on
>>Linux, Samba for a PDC (testing), WINS is working like a charm. I have a
>>few issues with CUPS+Samba-3.0.0beta3 and wondered if anyone can shed
>>some light/point me in the right direction. Google yields very little
>>information and I have very little experience on these two beasts
>>together ;-)
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>>Here is my smb.conf before the Samba PDC goes into production (waiting
>>for 3.0 final release). The current PDC is a winbloze NT4.0 box.
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>>[global]
>>        workgroup = DOMAIN
>>        server string = Samba Print Server
>>        bind interfaces only = Yes
>>        security = DOMAIN
>>        min passwd length = 7
>>        obey pam restrictions = Yes
>>        pam password change = Yes
>>        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>>        max log size = 0
>>        min protocol = NT1
>>        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>>printcap name = cups
>>        os level = 33
>>        preferred master = No
>>        local master = No
>>        domain master = No
>>        dns proxy = No
>>        wins server = 192.168.1.8
>>        idmap uid = 10000-20000
>>        idmap gid = 10000-20000
>>        winbind separator = +
>>        winbind use default domain = Yes
>>        admin users = root
>>        printer admin = root
>>        hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2.
>>        printing = cups
>>        use client driver = Yes
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>>[printers]
>>        comment = All Printers
>>        path = /var/spool/samba
>>        guest ok = Yes
>>        printable = Yes
>>        browseable = No
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>>[print$]
>>        comment = Printer Drivers
>>        path = /etc/samba/drivers
>>        write list = root
>>        guest ok = Yes
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>>[HP-Westside]
>>        comment = HP-WestSide
>>        path = /var/spool/samba
>>        read only = No
>>        guest ok = Yes
>>        printable = Yes
>>        printer name = HP-Westside
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>>[HP-Eastside]
>>        comment = All Printers
>>        path = /var/spool/samba
>>        read only = No
>>        guest ok = Yes
>>        printable = Yes
>>        printer name = HP-Eastside
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>>Questions:
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>>The winbind/smb combination works fine for shares, but the following is
>>that I am having trouble with
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>>1. How can I print seperator pages in cups containing the NT username of
>>the person submitting a print job? (this is what the current environment
>>has)
>>2. The fonts change when printing to a cups printer vs a a printer
>>hanging of a win32 box (strange, maybe the drivers in cups?)
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>>My goal is to make the print services switch to LINUX/Samba as
>>tranparent as possible to the windows user.
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>>Regards,
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>>--Raju
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