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diff --git a/docs/samba.faq b/docs/samba.faq index 6e3cf2943a..86dd48877f 100644 --- a/docs/samba.faq +++ b/docs/samba.faq @@ -548,6 +548,37 @@ properly. Samba needs to be able to switch uids on the connection and it can't if your OS has a trapdoor uid system. You'll know this because Samba will note it in your logs. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +* 5: Problem with printers under NT + +This info from Stefan Hergeth may be useful: + + A network-printer (with ethernetcard) is connected to the NT-Clients via + our UNIX-Fileserver (SAMBA-Server), like the configuration told by + Matthew Harrell <harrell@leech.nrl.navy.mil> (see WinNT.txt) + + 1.) If a user has choosen this printer as the default printer in his + NT-Session and this printer is not connected to the network + (e.g. switched off) than this user has a problem with the SAMBA- + connection of his filesystems. It's very slow. + + 2.) If the printer is connected to the network everything works fine. + + 3.) When the smbd ist started with debug level 3, you can see that the + NT spooling system try to connect to the printer many times. If the + printer ist not connected to the network this request fails and the + NT spooler is wasting a lot of time to connect to the printer service. + This seems to be the reason for the slow network connection. + + 4.) Maybe it's possible to change this behaviour by setting different printer + properties in the Print-Manager-Menu of NT, but i didn't try it + yet. + + I hope this information will help in some way. + + Stefan Hergeth <hergeth@f7axp1.informatik.fh-muenchen.de> + + =============================================================================== SECTION FIVE: Specific client application problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |