Re: Samba printing problem
* Pollywog (croak@shadypond.com) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to print from a laptop to my desktop (printer is connected to
> the desktop) printer using Samba, but although the laptop appears to send
> the print job to the desktop normally, the printer does not print and my
> samba log has this:
>
> [2001/11/23 18:37:35, 0] printing/printing.c:print_job_start(927)
> print_job_start: insufficient permissions to open spool file
> /var/spool/lpd/stylus740/smbprn.000006.5Rr9Xq.
>
> I made user pollywog a member of the group "lpd" but this did not help. I
> did not reboot the desktop after doing that because I don't believe that
> is necessary. Anyone know what the problem is here? I DID search the
> list archives for the past year's posts but I found nothing.
>
>
What does your smb.conf file say with regard to printing?
Have you run smbclient?
Cam
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