[ale] Samba-3.0.0beta3 + CUPS

[Raju]

I have banners working with NT Usernames!.

1. Change the drivers on the printer to use postscript (this seems to work)
2. Configure cups to use the banners using cupsconfig

Apologies for the wasted bandwith :/

-Raju



> 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 ;-)
>
> 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.
>
>
> [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
>
> [printers]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         browseable = No
>
> [print$]
>         comment = Printer Drivers
>         path = /etc/samba/drivers
>         write list = root
>         guest ok = Yes
>
> [HP-Westside]
>         comment = HP-WestSide
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         printer name = HP-Westside
>
> [HP-Eastside]
>         comment = All Printers
>         path = /var/spool/samba
>         read only = No
>         guest ok = Yes
>         printable = Yes
>         printer name = HP-Eastside
>
> Questions:
>
> The winbind/smb combination works fine for shares, but the following is
> that I am having trouble with
>
> 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?)
>
> My goal is to make the print services switch to LINUX/Samba as
> tranparent as possible to the windows user.
>
> Regards,
>
> --Raju
>
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