Strange SAMBA Printing Problem

[vincewarde]

I work exclusively in the area of small LANS (5-10 machines max) where security is not a major issue. Therefore I have always created simple smb.conf files with share based security. I am also a newbee to Linux - most of my expereince has been with SAMBA.

Re: My current problem, I have set up the system with both open and root only shares. All clients can view and write to the open shares. I have also tried to make the printer avialable to everyone - but only the NT based clients (NT4.0, 2000, XP) can print! 9x clients can see the printer, the can connect to it and/or capture it, but no matter what settings I use on the client side the print process locks up.

As you might expect, I am using client side drivers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. The smb.conf file follows.

Thanks much!

Vince Warde

# Samba config file created using SWAT
# from 192.168.1.51 (192.168.1.51)
# Date: 2002/08/01 07:47:12

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = HOME
netbios name = MICROSERVER
server string = MicroServer
security = SHARE
encrypt passwords = Yes
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
max log size = 0
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
guest account = root
printing = lprng

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
valid users = %S
read only = No
create mask = 0664
directory mask = 0775
browseable = No

[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
guest ok = Yes
printable = Yes
browseable = No

[webfiles]
path = /var/

http://www/html

read only = No

[shares]
path = /shares
read only = No

[data]
path = /shares/data
read only = No
guest ok = Yes

[programs]
path = /shares/programs
read only = No
guest ok = Yes