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author | John Terpstra <jht@samba.org> | 2005-07-05 22:53:29 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald W. Carter <jerry@samba.org> | 2008-04-23 08:47:01 -0500 |
commit | 9d1b99ed8eedf4fc14f5a61f5eea4c3496fabda3 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Printing.xml b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Printing.xml index 7b82190398..5446268396 100644 --- a/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Printing.xml +++ b/docs/Samba3-HOWTO/TOSHARG-Printing.xml @@ -304,9 +304,8 @@ with settings shown in <link linkend="simpleprc">the example above</link>: </para> <para> -You can easily verify which settings were implicitly added by Samba's -default behavior. <emphasis>Remember: it may -be important in your future dealings with Samba.</emphasis> +You can easily verify which settings were implicitly added by Samba's default behavior. <emphasis>Remember: it +may be important in your future dealings with Samba.</emphasis> </para> <note><para> @@ -1253,13 +1252,17 @@ site). See <link linkend="prtdollar">[print\$] Example</link>. </para> <example id="prtdollar"> -<title>[print\$] Example</title> +<title>[print$] Example</title> <smbconfblock> <smbconfsection name="[global]"/> <smbconfcomment>members of the ntadmin group should be able to add drivers and set</smbconfcomment> <smbconfcomment>printer properties. root is implicitly always a 'printer admin'.</smbconfcomment> <smbconfoption name="printer admin">@ntadmin</smbconfoption> +<smbconfcomment>...</smbconfcomment> + <smbconfsection name="[printers]"/> +<smbconfcomment>...</smbconfcomment> + <smbconfsection name="[print$]"/> <smbconfoption name="comment">Printer Driver Download Area</smbconfoption> <smbconfoption name="path">/etc/samba/drivers</smbconfoption> @@ -1278,10 +1281,11 @@ Of course, you also need to ensure that the directory named by the </sect2> <sect2> -<title>[print$] Section Parameters</title> +<title>[print$] Stanza Parameters</title> <para> <indexterm><primary>special section</primary></indexterm> +<indexterm><primary>special stanza</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>potential printer</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>driver download</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>local print driver</primary></indexterm> @@ -1308,8 +1312,11 @@ The following parameters are frequently needed in this share section: <varlistentry><term><smbconfoption name="browseable">no </smbconfoption></term> <listitem><para> Makes the <smbconfsection name="[print$]"/> share invisible to clients from the - <guimenu>Network Neighborhood</guimenu>. However, you can still mount it from any client - using the <command>net use g:\\sambaserver\print$</command> command in a DOS box or the + <guimenu>Network Neighborhood</guimenu>. By excuting from a <command>cmd</command> shell: +<screen> +&dosprompt; <command>net use g:\\sambaserver\print$</command> +</screen> + you can still mount it from any client. This can also be done from the <guimenu>Connect network drive menu></guimenu> from Windows Explorer. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -3231,13 +3238,12 @@ form of a one-way hash in a file named <filename>/etc/shadow</filename>), with t authenticate against Samba. Samba does not know the UNIX password. Root access to Samba resources requires that a Samba account for root must first be created. This is done with the <command>smbpasswd</command> command as follows: -</para> - -<para><screen> +<screen> &rootprompt; smbpasswd -a root New SMB password: secret Retype new SMB password: secret -</screen></para> +</screen> +</para> </sect2> @@ -3246,7 +3252,18 @@ Retype new SMB password: secret <para> Do not use the existing UNIX print system spool directory for the Samba spool directory. It may seem -convenient and a savings of space, but it only leads to problems. The two must be separate. +convenient and a savings of space, but it only leads to problems. The two must be separate. The UNIX/Linux +system print spool directory (e.g., <filename>/var/spool/cups</filename>) is typically owned by a +non-privileged user such as <literal>cups</literal> or <literal>lp</literal>. Additionally. the permissions on +the spool directory are typically restrictive to the owner and/or group. On the other hand, the Samba +spool directory must be world writable, and should have the 't' bit set to ensure that only a temporary +spool file owner can change or delete the file. +</para> + +<para> +Depending on the type of print spooling system in use on the UNIX/Linux host, files that the spool +management application finds and that are not currently part of job queue that it is managing can be deleted. +This may explain the observation that jobs are spooled (by Samba) into this directory and just disappear. </para> </sect2> |