Had a similar, if not identical problem on our network too. Wasn't so much a problem with samba though.
Turned out to be a resolution issue between CUPS and any network print servers (mostly built-in or external HP Jet Direct Units). Seems CUPS wants a hostname to resolve one way or another to an IP address, we did manage to fix the problem relatively easily at that. We simply gave each of the printer servers on the network a legit hostname and associated reverse dns entry as well and the delay pretty much disappeared. Seems the HP units in particular (by default too) have various protocols enabled, and reply using their own 'default' hostnames on the network ... If no actual mapping for this hostname exists, then huge communication delays occur between cups and the jet directs, which in turn seemed to delay samba from requests to/from the queue... Like I said though, simple DNS records did solve it - may or may not be the same for yourself, but worth looking at nonetheless. -- Nathan Vidican [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Theobald Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:58 PM To: samba@lists.samba.org Subject: [Samba] printing totally broken Hi All, I have a serious problem with my Samba printing. Basically, it is totally broken. The symptoms include client machines waiting forever for a print dialog to appear, especially Win2k machines, and a complete inability to get a properties dialog reliably. I run Samba 3.0.14a + OpenLDAP 2.2.24 on Solaris 8 on a V880. My smb.conf is as below. Any advice would be appreciated. lauterbur{33}# more /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf #### ## LCNI Configuration, passed through testparm, 2005.05.15.cdt ## # Global parameters [global] workgroup = LCNI server string = Lauterbur Server passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://lauterbur.uoregon.edu password level = 8 username level = 8 log level = 2 winbind:10 log file = /var/adm/samba/smblog.%m max log size = 500 printcap name = /etc/printers.conf add user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u" delete user script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-userdel "%u" add group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g" delete group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupdel "%g" add user to group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g" delete user from group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u" "%g" set primary group script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u" add machine script = /usr/local/samba/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u" ## logon script = logon.bat logon path = logon drive = H: logon home = domain logons = Yes os level = 33 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes dns proxy = No wins support = Yes ldap admin dn = cn=smbadmin,ou=People,dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu ldap delete dn = Yes ldap group suffix = ou=Groups ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers ldap passwd sync = Yes ldap suffix = dc=lcni,dc=uoregon,dc=edu ldap ssl = start tls ldap user suffix = ou=People admin users = chuck printer admin = chuck, @sysadmin, root, @staff printing = sysv ## print command = /usr/ucb/lpr -r -h -P'%p' %s ## lpq command = /usr/ucb/lpq -P'%p' ## lprm command = /usr/ucb/lprm -P'%p' %j [printers] path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [print$] comment = Print Driver Area path = /usr/local/samba/lib/printers write list = chuck, @sysadmin, root, @staff browseable = No [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [netlogon] comment = Domain Logon path = /usr/local/samba/lib/netlogon browseable = No [profiles] comment = Roaming Profiles path = /usr/local/samba/lib/profiles read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [staff] comment = Lauterbur Staff Share path = /vxfsvol/staff read only = No [public] comment = Lauterbur Public Share path = /vxfsvol/public read only = No [office-admin] comment = Office Administrative Share path = /vxfsvol/home/staff/office-admin read only = No lauterbur{34}# Chuck Theobald System Administrator The Robert and Beverly Lewis Center for Neuroimaging University of Oregon P: 541-346-0343 F: 541-346-0345 -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba