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diff --git a/docs/samba.faq b/docs/samba.faq index b00e541966..c275b31147 100644 --- a/docs/samba.faq +++ b/docs/samba.faq @@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba/samba.html, under which there is a comprehensive survey of Samba users. Another useful resource is the hypertext archive of the Samba mailing list. -Send email to listproc@anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is blank, and -include the following two lines in the body of the message: +Send email to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is +blank, and include the following two lines in the body of the message: subscribe samba Firstname Lastname subscribe samba-announce Firstname Lastname @@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ single message containing all the messages that have been received by the list since the last time and sends a copy of this message to all subscribers. If you stop being interested in Samba, please send another email to -listproc@anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is blank, and include the -following two lines in the body of the message: +listproc@samba.anu.edu.au. Make sure the subject line is blank, and +include the following two lines in the body of the message: unsubscribe samba unsubscribe samba-announce @@ -743,6 +743,46 @@ To work around the problem, try disconnecting from your Samba server and then reconnecting to it; or upgrade your Samba server to 1.9.16alpha10 or later. + +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +* 7: How do I set the printer driver name correctly? + +Question: +> On NT, I opened "Printer Manager" and "Connect to Printer". +> Enter "\\ptdi270\ps1" in the box of printer. I got the +> following error message: +> +> You do not have sufficient access to your machine +> to connect to the selected printer, since a driver +> needs to be installed locally. + +Answer: + +In the more recent versions of Samba you can now set the "printer +driver" in smb.conf. This tells the client what driver to use. For +example, I have: + + printer driver = HP LaserJet 4L + +and NT knows to use the right driver. You have to get this string +exactly right. + +To find the exact string to use, you need to get to the dialog box in +your client where you select which printer driver to install. The +correct strings for all the different printers are shown in a listbox +in that dialog box. + +You could also try setting the driver to NULL like this: + + printer driver = NULL + +this is effectively what older versions of Samba did, so if that +worked for you then give it a go. If this does work then let me know +and I'll make it the default. Currently the default is a 0 length +string. + + + =============================================================================== SECTION FIVE: Specific client application problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |