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Re: Can't samba print to nt-shared printer on NT domain



Carel Fellinger wrote:

On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 06:45:18PM -0600, Kent West wrote:

Marcin Kurc wrote:


put it in your princap

lp|remote-smbprinter:\
         :lp=/dev/null:sh:\
	          :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
		           :if=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbprint:
and modify the attached smbprint

[[I seemde to have mist both the above post and the attachement,
  would love to have it too, as I've to set up samba printing]]

...

I have magicfilter installed, and I suspect that if I could feed my printjobs through it these issues would be fixed; however, I don't know how to use magicfilter since the if in my printcap is taken by the smbprint script.

not being a printer man I thought that adding a redirection level
(with :rp:) in your printcap would solve this, like

lp:smb-printer:\
	:lp=:rp=raw-smb-printer:sh:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/smb-printer:\
	:if=/your/magic-filter/here:

raw-smb-printer:\
	:lp=/dev/null:sh:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw-smb-printer:\
        :if=/usr/local/samba/bin/smbprint:	



First, the rm= trick you sent doesn't seem to be working. Now the printer's not receiving anything.

Second, the answer to your request.

Set up your /etc/printcap like so:

lp|hplj2100|HP LaserJet 2100:\
      :cm=Karen's HP LaserJet 2100:\
      :lp=/dev/null:\
      :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj2100:\
      :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
      :if=/usr/bin/smbprint:\
      :af=/var/spool/lpd/hplj2100/lp-acct:\
      :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:

The smbprint script seems to want the acct file to be in the spooler directory. The script itself must be executable and be in the location that matches your if= line. My permissions are daemon.lp rwxr-xr--. The script expects a .config file in the spooler directory (see the script for details; I've added a username field to the script).
And here's the script itself:

#!/bin/sh

# This script is an input filter for printcap printing on a unix machine. It
# uses the smbclient program to print the file to the specified smb-based
# server and service.
# For example you could have a printcap entry like this
#
# smb:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/spool/smb:sh:if=/usr/local/samba/smbprint
#
# which would create a unix printer called "smb" that will print via this
# script. You will need to create the spool directory /usr/spool/smb with
# appropriate permissions and ownerships for your system.

# Set these to the server and service you wish to print to
# In this example I have a WfWg PC called "lapland" that has a printer
# exported called "printer" with no password.

#
# Script further altered by hamiltom@ecnz.co.nz (Michael Hamilton)
# so that the server, service, and password can be read from
# a /usr/var/spool/lpd/PRINTNAME/.config file.
#
# Script further modified by Richard Sharpe to fix some things.
# Get rid of the -x on the first line, and add parameters
#
#    -t  now causes translate to be used when sending files
#
# Script further modified by Kent West (westk@acu.edu) so that
# a username can be read from the .config file; this is
# useful if printing in an NT domain environment and your
# Linux username/password is not the same as your NT account.
#
# In order for this to work the /etc/printcap entry must include an
# accounting file (af=...):
# (which seems to need to be in the spooler directory - KW)
#
#   cdcolour:\
#       :cm=CD IBM Colorjet on 6th:\
#       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/cdcolour:\
#       :af=/var/spool/lpd/cdcolour/acct:\
#       :if=/usr/local/etc/smbprint:\
#       :mx=0:\
#       :lp=/dev/null:
#
# The /usr/var/spool/lpd/PRINTNAME/.config file should contain:
#   server=PC_SERVER
#   service=PR_SHARENAME
#   username="username"
#   password="password"
#
# E.g.
#   server=PAULS_PC
#   service=CJET_371
#   username="bubba"
#   password="bubpass"

#
# Debugging log file, change to /dev/null if you like.
#
logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log
# logfile=/dev/null


#
# The last parameter to the filter is the accounting file name.
#   Extract the directory name from the file name.
#   Concat this with /.config to get the config file.
#
TRANS=0
eval acct_file=\${$#}
spool_dir=`dirname $acct_file`
config_file=$spool_dir/.config

# Should read the following variables set in the config file:
#   server
#   service
#   username
#   password
eval `cat $config_file`

while getopts t c; do
 case $c in
  t)
     TRANS=1
     ;;

  '?')  # Bad parameters, ignore it ...
     ;;
 esac
done


#
# Some debugging help, change the >> to > if you want to same space.
#
#Orig line before Kent's mods: echo "server= $server, service= $service" >> $logfile echo "server= $server, service= $service, username= $username, password= ********" >> $logfile

(
# NOTE You may wish to add the line `echo translate' if you want automatic
# CR/LF translation when printing.
      if [ $TRANS -eq 1 ]; then
        echo translate
      fi
      echo "print -"
      cat -
# Orig line before Kent's mods: ) | /usr/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" $password -N -P >> $logfile ) | /usr/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" $password -U $username -N -P >> $logfile



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