Howdy,
Glad to help.  That was a refreshing departure from the usual
"my servlet doesn't work (and I didn't read the release notes or
search the archives or the FAQ or anything before posting yet
another invoker-servlet-related question)" issue. ;)

Yoav Shapira
Millennium ChemInformatics


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Duffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:48 AM
>To: Tomcat Users List
>Subject: RE: PrintServiceLookup And Tomcat
>
>
>Hi Yoav,
>
>You gave me the answer.
>
>When I looked at my service's log on properties, it
>was running under the local system account.  There's a
>radio button that allows you to run under the local
>system account or another one of your own choosing.
>When I switched to another account and gave it my
>network account, everything worked perfectly.
>
>The answer when I deploy will be to ask my sys admin
>to define a user account just for this application,
>with a username and password that won't expire.
>S/he'll have to assign the printers I'm interested in
>to that user account, but once that's done I think I'm
>golden.
>
>Thank you again for your advice.  Your suggestion was
>the key.  Sometimes I just need somebody to talk these
>things through with.  Most appreciated.  Sincerely,
>MOD
>
>--- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Howdy,
>> One has to think it has something to do with the
>> service
>> security model in windows.  I used to know a lot
>> about this,
>> but not for current windows platforms.  Maybe
>> someone on the
>> list does, maybe someone who wrote the
>> javax.print.spi at
>> Sun does.
>>
>> Yoav Shapira
>> Millennium ChemInformatics
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Michael Duffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:45 AM
>> >To: Tomcat Users List
>> >Subject: RE: PrintServiceLookup And Tomcat
>> >
>> >
>> >Hi Yoav,
>> >
>> >Brilliant advice, as usual.  When I shut down the
>> >Tomcat service and run it using startup.bat, it
>> finds
>> >both printers beautifully and puts the names in the
>> >drop down.
>> >
>> >Now - what do I have to change so my service will
>> >behave as nicely?  If you know, I'd appreciate
>> hearing
>> >it.  If not, I'll see if I can dig up a local
>> Windows
>> >maven.
>> >
>> >Thanks again for watching this list.  Sincerely,
>> MOD
>> >
>> >
>> >--- "Shapira, Yoav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Howdy,
>> >> Can you try running tomcat from the command-line,
>> >> without a security
>> >> manager, not as a service, and see what happens?
>> >>
>> >> Yoav Shapira
>> >> Millennium ChemInformatics
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: Michael Duffy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:24 AM
>> >> >To: Tomcat Users List
>> >> >Subject: Re: PrintServiceLookup And Tomcat
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Hi Jason,
>> >> >
>> >> >Yes, it's a Windows service and they are network
>> >> >printers.
>> >> >
>> >> >Your point about changing the user under which
>> >> Tomcat
>> >> >is running is interesting, but I'm not sure I
>> >> >understand what I should do.  Can you give more
>> >> >details or point me to a reference?
>> >> >
>> >> >The logs are all clean - no exceptions, no
>> >> problems,
>> >> >just no print services found.
>> >> >
>> >> >I did add a check to the code using
>> SecurityManager
>> >> >checkPrintJobAccess().  This throws a
>> >> >SecurityException if the servlet is not
>> authorized
>> >> to
>> >> >queue print jobs.  No exception, but no print
>> >> >services, either.
>> >> >
>> >> >Any advice would be most welcome.  I'll keep
>> >> digging
>> >> >with Google.  Thanks - MOD
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >--- Jason Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 04:45, Michael Duffy
>> wrote:
>> >> >> > I've got a Web app running on Tomcat 4.1.24
>> and
>> >> >> JDK
>> >> >> > 1.4.1 on a Windows 2000 desktop.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I'm generating a PDF that I'd like to be
>> able
>> >> to
>> >> >> send
>> >> >> > to a printer attached to the machine on
>> which
>> >> >> Tomcat
>> >> >> > is running.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> How are you running Tomcat? As a windows
>> service?
>> >> If
>> >> >> you are you will need to
>> >> >> change the user the service is running under
>> as I
>> >> am
>> >> >> assuming they are
>> >> >> network printers?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Other than that I'm not too sure, have you
>> tried
>> >> >> looking in the Tomcat logs?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards,
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Jason Bainbridge
>> >> >> http://jblinux.org
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
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