Re: [hylafax-users] smbfax puzzle

[Ilia Shapira <Ilia@tiltan-se.co.il>]

I tried to add this line to samba configuration but I'm still having the same problem. Also when I try to run "testparam" I get warning that this line is unknown?!

Is there anything else I should check?

10x

>Have you tried adding 'user client driver = yes' to your Samba

>configuration?  This is a botch to make Windows 2000 clients not try and

>take the printer drivers from the server (or something like that).

>HTH 

>Noel

>-----Original Message-----

>From: Ian Firla [mailto:ian@deepsky.com]

>Sent: 14 March 2003 10:17

>To: Matt Darnell

>Cc: hylafax-users@hylafax.org

>Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] smbfax puzzle

>Thanks for the response. Indeed, it does work. What a rot though.

>Anyone know why this happens? It's a pretty ugly error to get and to

>explain to a non-technical user that they should ignore the error is a

>pretty ugly hack.

>I've now got two nearly identical systems set up. On one, I'm able to

>connect windows clients without an error... on the other... I get the

>error but, as you say, one can fax without a problem.

>Best,

>Ian

>On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Matt Darnell wrote:

> We always get that error when we access the printer directly.  It still

> works though.

>

> -Matt

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Ian Firla" <ian@deepsky.com>

> To: <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>

> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:30 AM

> Subject: [hylafax-users] smbfax puzzle

>

>

> >

> > Dear All,

> >

> > I've run into a road block.

> >

> > Initially, I installed Hylafax and shared a printer via sambafax as is

> > described in the readme that comes with smbfax for windows users. It

> > worked perfectly.

> >

> > I've since reinstalled the machine and hylafax (using apt-get (I'm

> > tracking stable)) and am getting "Access denied, unable to connect" from

> > my windows clients.

> >

> > I've searched the archives and also googled for the error but this seems

> > pretty unique ... suggesting, perhaps that I've overlooked something

> > dreadfully obvious.

> >

> > I've played with the permissions in /var/spool/lpd and checked and

> > rechecked the conf files in /etc/hylafax and /etc/samba as well as the

> > perms on /usr/local/smbfax/smbfax as advised by the readme...

> >

> > I've also checked through everything listed in /usr/local/smbfax/

> >

> > Here's what dpkg shows I have installed:

> >

> >  dpkg -l hylafax*

> > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

> > |

Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed

> > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:

> > uppercase=bad)

> > ||/ Name           Version        Description

> >

>

+++-==============-==============-==========================================

> ==

> > ii  hylafax-client 4.1.1-1.1      Flexible client/server fax software -

> > client

> > ii  hylafax-doc    4.1.1-1.1      Flexible client/server fax software -

> > HTML D

> > ii  hylafax-server 4.1.1-1.1      Flexible client/server fax software -

> > server

> >

> > dpkg -l samba*

> > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold

> > |

Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed

> > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:

> > uppercase=bad)

> > ||/ Name           Version        Description

> >

>

+++-==============-==============-==========================================

> ==

> > ii  samba          2.2.3a-12      A LanManager like file and printer

> > server fo

> > un  samba-client   <none>         (no description available)

> > ii  samba-common   2.2.3a-12      Samba common files used by both the

> > server a

> > ii  samba-doc      2.2.3a-12      Samba documentation.

> >

> > Any help or advice on what I've missed would be appreciated.

> >

> > Regards,

> >

> > Ian

> >

> > ------------

> > Dr Ian Firla

> > Robert Graves Trust | "A partial count of the software available

> > St John's College, Oxford       | in just one noncommerical Linux system

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> develop

> > http://www.robertgraves.org | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce

Perens

> >

> >

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Dr Ian Firla

Robert Graves Trust            | "A partial count of the software available

St John's College, Oxford       | in just one noncommerical Linux system

OX1 3JP - +44-(0)7855-310565   | would have cost about $1.9 billion to

develop

http://www.robertgraves.org    | ... the way Microsoft does it" Bruce

Perens