03-14-2006
Well, it took pretty much 12 hours to find the right configuration...ha.
I did a couple of things such as smbpasswd -r <xp host>
Dunno if that had any importance but I also changed the smb.conf file
Basically, I gave up on cups and did a straight samba share for the printer.
I think the problem could have been a previous share I set up to use User/Password comibnation for access. Because I had previously set up User authentication on the folder /plans I was getting an access denied error because I had not mirrored these settings in the [printer] smb.conf section.
Therefore, after security = User and Encrypt Password = Yes was added the printer share worked.
It could have been a number of things though. For example in the beginning I was not using the correct driver - then I installed the correct driver on Linux.
Next I also added;
wins support = Yes
to the global settings
Use Client Driver = Yes
to the printer section.
It could have been any number of these things that got the XP Home lappy to register the printer share.
I gotta admit I felt f*cking amazing rush of pleasure when I saw under the little printer icon the words;
'Ready' or whatever it says!
12 hours of reading through man pages and usenet groups and in a way I think the answer was staring me in the face where the samba system was configured for User security and this is what the printers section should have been set to. This I really think was the cause for the 'Access Denied' error.
Thanks any ways,
Alux
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printers.conf
printers.conf(5) Apple Inc. printers.conf(5)
NAME
printers.conf - printer configuration file for cups
DESCRIPTION
The printers.conf file defines the local printers that are available. It is normally located in the /etc/cups directory and is generated
automatically by the cupsd(8) program when printers are added or deleted.
Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character.
DIRECTIVES
<Printer name> ... </Printer>
Defines a specific printer.
<DefaultPrinter name> ... </Printer>
Defines a default printer.
Accepting Yes
Accepting No
Specifies whether the printer is accepting new jobs.
AllowUser [ user @group ... ]
Allows specific users and groups to print to the printer.
DenyUser [ user @group ... ]
Prevents specific users and groups from printing to the printer.
DeviceURI uri
Specifies the device URI for a printer.
ErrorPolicy abort-job
ErrorPolicy retry-current-job
ErrorPolicy retry-job
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
Specifies the error policy for the printer.
Info text
Specifies human-readable text describing the printer.
JobSheets banner banner
Specifies the banner pages to use for the printer.
KLimit number
Specifies the job-k-limit value for the printer.
Location text
Specifies human-readable text describing the location of the printer.
OpPolicy name
Specifies the operation policy for the printer.
PageLimit number
Specifies the job-page-limit value for the printer.
PortMonitor monitor
Specifies the port monitor for a printer.
QuotaPeriod seconds
Specifies the job-quota-period value for the printer.
Shared Yes
Shared No
Specifies whether the printer is shared.
State idle
State stopped
Specifies the initial state of the printer (Idle or Stopped)
StateMessage text
Specifies the message associated with the state.
StateTime seconds
Specifies the date/time associated with the state.
SEE ALSO
classes.conf(5), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), mime.convs(5), mime.types(5),
http://localhost:631/help
COPYRIGHT
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29 April 2009 CUPS printers.conf(5)