I'll join the list of people 'playing' with Samba printing.  I have made
the mods to smb.conf, have downloaded the rawlp program off the net and it
appears to work when I issue the commands from within POSIX but Samba
doesn't appear to want to work.  Here is my abbreviated smb.conf file:


# see docs and examples directories for more info
# also try http://lake.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba

[global]
  comment = enter YOUR server's IP and subnet mask below
  interfaces = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx./255.255.255.0  # snipped for security!!
  printing = hp-ux
  printcap name = /usr/local/samba/lib/printcap
  load printers = yes
  print command = /usr/local/samba/bin/rawlp %s %p ; rm %s
  preexec = callci 'TELL SAMBA,MANAGER.SYS SMB connect to %S from %m at %I'
  postexec = callci 'TELL SAMBA,MANAGER.SYS from %S from %m at %I
  guest account = mgr.samba
  debug level = 5
  default case = upper
  workgroup = ccanet
  server string = "HP3000 Running Samba!!"
[printers]
   comment = All printers
   print command = /usr/local/samba/bin/rawlp %s %p ; rm %s
   browseable = no
   printable = yes
   writeable = no
   create mode = 0700
   path=/tmp
   guest ok = yes
   guest only = yes


[mark]
  comment = Hocraffer Share  /TEST/HSOURCE
  guest ok = no
  write ok = yes
  path = /TEST/HSOURCE
  user = mark.test
  revalidate = true

[mark2]
  comment = Hocraffer Share  /TEST/ONETIME
  guest ok = no
  write ok = yes
  path = /TEST/ONETIME
  user = mark.test
  revalidate = true


This is what I see in the log.smb file:

switch message SMBclose (pid 41222365)
Skipping become_user - already user
Running the command `/usr/local/samba/bin/rawlp /tmp/mahocr.a22365 JOBLOG ;
 rm /tmp/mahocr.a22365' gave 81
11/20/97 17:33:18 MGR.SAMBA closed file mahocr.a22365 (numopen=0)
11/20/97 17:33:18 close fd=15 fnum=1 cnum=53 (numopen=0)
size=35
smb_com=0x4
smb_rcls=0
smb_reh=0
smb_err=0
smb_flg=128
smb_flg2=1
smb_tid=53
smb_pid=2326
smb_uid=224
smb_mid=5639
smt_wct=0
smb_bcc=0
chdir to /SYS/PUB
unbecome_user now uid=(1,1) gid=(1,1)

If I cut and paste the 'running the command' from above, it works!!  The
file will print to JOBLOG and is
removed from the system.

Permissions are set to 777 on the /tmp directory and on rawlp.

Any ideas from those of you that have it running??

mark hocraffer
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