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Title: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Ashley Shaw on April 10, 2003, 07:15:30 PM

Hi there

I have just installed the Update3 and shortly  thereafter the shared printer has disappeared. Has this got something to do with the fact that Samba has been upgraded?

Thanks
Ashley

Title: Re: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Graeme Fleming on April 10, 2003, 09:37:09 PM

I presume you have done:

rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs *.rpm
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event post-upgrade
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event reboot

Many changes to Samba require it to be shutdown & restarted for them to become active - this can be acheived by starting and stopping the service manually or more simply just restarting the server.

Title: Re: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Ashley Shaw on April 15, 2003, 11:31:59 PM

Hi there

Just thought I would post an update to the problem - It looks like it is the HP Jetdirect device that is giving trouble, but I can not be certain. The jetdirect device is connected to the network and the the Printer is added via server-manger. The Connection problems only started after Update 3 was installed, I am not sure if there is a connection between the two, but I will continue to monitor the situation and report feedback.

Thanks for the response Graeme and yes I did do just what you suggested, so that rules that out.

Cheers
Ashley

Title: Re: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Laurent on April 16, 2003, 12:02:20 AM

I have the same problem and resolved it so:

rm /var/cache/samba/printing.tdb

Now my printeris ok ( XEROX Docuprint 4512 on the network )

Title: Re: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Ashley Shaw on April 16, 2003, 12:31:39 AM

Hi Laurent

Why did you remove that file and what are the consequences of doing so?

Thanks for the input
Ashley

Title: Re: Since Upgrade3 no printer access
Post by: Laurent on April 17, 2003, 12:51:57 AM

After deleting the file ( /var/cache/samba/printing.tdb ) restart the smb service and the file will be recreated.

http://www.altavista.com/web/results?q=%22printing.tdb%22+%26+%22delete%22+%26+%22%2Fvar%2Fcache%2Fsamba%22&kgs=0&kls=1&avkw=xytx

Salutations