From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 9 21:19: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E13E37B403 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:18:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f7A4Ihb14356; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:18:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Aaron" , Subject: RE: apsfilter, samba, and the scheme of things Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 21:18:43 -0700 Message-ID: <001e01c12153$8a6ebd80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 In-Reply-To: <20010809180627.E1B7437B401@hub.freebsd.org> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/corp-net-guide/index.html and let me know if it's not enlightening! Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Aaron >Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 11:04 AM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: apsfilter, samba, and the scheme of things > > >I've toiled and searched too long. Too many times have I typed "shutdown - >r now" with the vain hope that this time...maybe this time, it would >work. A little story to ease the frustration AND communicate the problem. > >You see it started with a simple FreeBSD box lost in a sea of Windows >workstations, servers, and services. A little FreeBSD box that just >wanted to print. Print from him, to the Windows printserver, and to the >nice HP 4000N right next door. > >Simple! Exclaims the intern who snuck a expired WinXP machine and >devilishly installed FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE on. Just edit /etc/printcap and >install Samba. Easy as pie! > >And so the intern installed Samba. Successfully no doubt. "Nothing can >stop me! I am the MASTAR!!!" The hubris began to build. > >Then the first hurdle. Windows expects its postscript done on the cilent? >Hm, how's that going to work. A simple read of /etc/printcap says >apsfilter will help you! Just install that. And so he did. > >Whilst ghostscript6 gave error after error, the intern realized "hey! I >dont need no stinkin ghostscript - after, this is just a proof on >concept. I want the damn thing to print...NOW!" > >And so with a press of T in the apsfilter setup, out came a beautiful >test page - on company letterhead no doubt. Whoops. > >But it had WORKED! And thats all that mattered. Apsfilter saw samba, it >saw the printer....and out came the page! Now to test from the command >line! > >And nothing worked. > > > >So now, after trying and reading whatever I can - it still wont print! >Granted the printcap file is a tad confusing, I'm really lost in where >the hell apsfilter puts its damn "samba" config file it always talks >about. And how the heck does smbprint work? Its just a huge commented >file with nothing relevent really. Shouldnt the FIRST filter be >apsfilter, THEN samba? > >I've delayed asking the mailing list because I'd hope that once I bore >through all this irritating and confusing stuff, I'd write a clear, >concise article. After all, I can only imagine how many poor FreeBSD >boxes are stuck in a world of windows that would like to print to that >damned NT print server. And yet no ones written a thing. > >So if you, the surely more advanced FreeBSD user (more than 8 months of >FreeBSD use has gotten me no where on this problem), could point me in >just the right direction - or even just small hint. Anything that could >help my troubled mind see what I'm missing, I'd probably be the happiest >guy in the world - for at least a few minutes. > >Thanks again for reading this long, tedious, theraputic post. And if it >wouldnt be too much trouble - CC it to this address as well. -questions >is too unwiedly for my web base email account. > >- click46 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message