I have a Samba 3.0.6 server and a CUPS 1.1.12 server running on my machine. They have been compiled with: Samba: ./configure --with-pam --with-pam_smbpass --with-quotas --with-sys-quotas CUPS: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/cups --with-cups-user=cups --with-cups- group=cups --with-docdir=/usr/local/cups/docdir --with- logdir=/usr/local/cups/logdir --with-rcdir=/usr/local/cups/rcdir --enable-ssl As you can see, CUPS lies in an unusual path, so Samba did NOT see the cups- config file and was NOT linked to CUPS. Your documentation states that even without linking it should work fine, however, it doesn't. /etc/printcap contains: === # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the # /usr/local/cups/etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file # will be lost. Kyocera_FS-3750|Kyocera_FS-3750:rm=flux:rp=Kyocera_FS-3750: === This is the printer I set up via CUPS. I can print to it using the CUPS web interface (print test page). My /usr/local/samba/lib/smb.conf looks like: === # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.10.105 (192.168.10.105) # Date: 2004/09/08 17:58:00 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MYGROUP netbios aliases = FILESERVER server string = Dateiserver security = SHARE passdb backend = tdbsam passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *updated* unix password sync = Yes time server = Yes deadtime = 15 printcap name = cups os level = 65535 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes ldap ssl = no invalid users = root admin users = flux write list = flux printer admin = flux create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 printing = cups print command = /usr/local/cups/bin/lp -c -d%p %s; rm %s lpq command = /usr/local/cups/bin/lpstat -o%p lprm command = /usr/local/cups/bin/cancel %p-%j lppause command = /usr/local/cups/bin/lp -i %p-%j -H hold lpresume command = /usr/local/cups/bin/lp -i %p-%j -H resume queuepause command = /usr/local/cups/bin/disable %p queueresume command = /usr/local/cups/bin/enable %p (and then some file shares follow) === I cannot see the CUPS printers in my list (using Windows and smbclient). There is no chance to print with my Windows clients.
Sorry, I have to correct myself. It is CUPS 1.1.20.
if cups is not linked in then you will have to set 'printcap name = /etc/printcap' (where /etc/printcap is the printer listing exported from cups.