Print sharing

[rgmhtt]

I want to put a printer on an AMAHI server and share it as usual for a Workgroup, as LTP1:

How do I set up a printer share?

[moredruid]

in linux (& samba) or on windows?

[rgmhtt]

Well I did not know that you could share a printer to a linux system as LTP1:

But I admit that is a little indirect to say for Windows so that a:

Net use ltp1: \\hda\print1

would work to gain access to the printer on the server.

[bigfoot65]

See the guidance in the wiki http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_ ... ed_printer. This will work for Windows machines.

If you have any problems, please let us know and someone will be glad to assist.

[rgmhtt]

I will forward this URL to my son to try out.

Meanwhile I do have one question. It says:

Optional: The printer status message problem can be corrected by adding the following line to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file under the printers section:

[printers]
use client driver = yes

But the smb.conf file gets overwritten everytime you make a Shares change in the dashboard.

Where is the script that creates the smb.conf file so the change can be made there?

(I have a similar question in the developers forum about PDC logon scripts).

[bigfoot65]

It should make a backup so you shouldn't lose anything. I have made shares since adding the line to my smb.conf file and it's still there.

[rgmhtt]

I found the source file for smb.conf at:

/usr/share/hdactl/samba/smb.conf

Make the change there and it will persist (until some hda update replaces that file!).

[cpg]

er ... nope. that file is a very generic initial setup.

smb.conf is dynamically generated.

by default it exports printers that are configured (with cups, which is the default).