[KLUG Members] Samba bug or feature?

[Adam Williams]

>>>>>I upgraded from Samba 1.9.something to 2.2.3a and there is an
>>>>>annoying
>>>>Mmm,  I've is discovered several interesting things about 2.2.3a,  although
>>>>not this problem.
>>>>If you've got printers attached to the 2.2.3a box for NT / WinY2k / XP(aka
>>>>theofficial OS of Angamandi) go and get the patches from
>>>>http://ftp.samba.org/ftp/jerry/samba-2.2.3a-patches/, apply and rebuild
>>>> ASAP.
>>>Why?  
>>You'll get spurious access denied messages.  And you won't be able to load print
>>drivers onto the server,  And rpcclient won't work with a hoot.
>Great, I'll have to dig up a compiler.   :-(
>(this is HPUX and I downloaded a binary)

Or see if you can get by using a binary of 2.2.1a.  I'm still using that
on my PDC and print server,  and 2.2.3a on my file server.  2.2.1a is
one of those legendary versions every project occasionally spits out, 
and then gets frustrated when none of their users upgrade to subsequent
releases.

>>>>Do you have a valid "guest account =" in your globals stanza.
>>>I think so:
>>>guest account = pcguest
>>And pcguest is a legit' user?  With a unique uid?
>Yup.  Once I assigned it a password to get by, it can connect.
>(bad solution)
>> Your printer stanza looks like -
>>                  [aprinter]
>>                  path = /usr/spool/public
>>                  writeable = false
>>                  printable = true
>>                  guest ok = true
>I used to say "public" (Synonym for guest ok) instead of 
>"guest ok = true", but I changed that without any luck.
>Here's an example:
>[lj5]
>   comment = lj5 - Purchasing
>   path = /tmp
>   printer = lj5
>   guest ok = true
>   writable = no
>   printable = yes
>   create mode = 0700

Darn that looks OK.  Does it behave the same under 9x and NT/Y2k/XP? 
Try setting "map to guest = Bad Password" in your global stanza.

>>Do you have any magic shares like [printers] or [print$] defined?
>Nope.