cupsaddsmb fails -- unable to share print drivers from samba
 

I am running dapper with all updates on a generic wintel pc. I have set up a simple samba server with cups to share an attached printer with windoze clients (they authenticate against a different samba pdc) Cupsaddsmb fails with the following error:
my smb.conf is:

the /var/lib/samba/printers directory structure is as follows:
ls -lR /var/lib/samba/printers
/var/lib/samba/printers:
total 8
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2006-07-11 05:48 W32X86
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 2006-07-11 05:48 WIN40

/var/lib/samba/printers/W32X86:
total 0

/var/lib/samba/printers/WIN40:
total 0

the cups drivers were downloaded from the cups website and installed with the included makefile to /usr/share/cups/drivers. That directory is as follows (windows ps drivers added also):
ls -lR /usr/share/cups/drivers/
/usr/share/cups/drivers/:
total 1432
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 803 2006-07-26 15:25 cups6.inf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 2006-07-26 15:25 cups6.ini
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12568 2006-07-26 15:25 cupsps6.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13672 2006-07-26 15:25 cupsui6.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129024 2006-07-26 15:45 ps5ui.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 455168 2006-07-26 15:45 pscript5.dll
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26038 2006-07-26 15:45 pscript.hlp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 792644 2006-07-26 15:45 pscript.ntf

I don't understand where cupsaddsmb is trying to create the \W32X86 directory or why there is a permission problem.

Did you have a look at this tutorial? http://www.howtoforge.com/samba_setup_ubuntu_5.10
It also has a section about printers.

cupsaddsmb error
 

Hi falko and thanks for your reply.

I have looked at the tutorial you mentioned; in fact I have used it in slightly modified form to set up two different mandrake samba servers. the command cupsaddsmb works on them--it copies the drivers to /var/lib/samba/printers/W32X86 without error.

The problem only happens on my ubuntu dapper system, which I wanted to use as a print server because it has the printer installed locally.

As an experiment, in /var/lib/samba/printers I did I now get a slightly different error:
What do you suppose "Connection to failed" means? Whatever, it seems to be an ubuntu dapper thing. I have checked the logs; they show nothing useful. Also, cupsaddsmb will not create the dir W32X86.

Steve

Hm, Till is the Samba expert; maybe he didn't read this thread. Write him a PM (username is till) (with the URL of this thread) and ask him if he knows a solution.

Hi Steve, I don't know if my reply style is correct. I rarely write online so be patient.
I had the same problem using Ubuntu 6.10 & Samba 3.0.22 (cups, foomatic and so on...). I solved it temporarily switching security from "share" to "user" and after cupsaddsmb switched back. I've got the same behaviour you get, If you need some more information ask. Now I solved my problem and is time to go. I hope this will help. Regards to everybody.

cupsaddsmb "Connection to failed"
 

"Connection to failed"

This message is from executing the command:
smbclient ///var/run/cups/cups.sock/print$

It is telling you that it failed to connect to your Samba server.

Use the -H <Your_Samba> option to specify the server. I was getting this error because for some reason it was not by default connecting to the right place.

Also, make sure you are providing a username and password which matches an account in smbpasswd.