smbprint

smbprint

[Kurt Sys]

Hello,

I try to get samba to work, especially the printing to a windows NT network printer. I can print to the printer by using smbprint etc, but this always takes some time (first 'gs -sDEVICE=ljet -sOutputFile=file.hp file.pdf' followed by 'smbclient \\\\labmetserver\\HPLaserJ -Ukurts%xxxxx' and finally giving the command 'print file.hp'). So, I decided to try to make an entry in my printcap-file (I show it here, although I'm sure that this doesn't matter for the problem I have...):

----
smb0|SMB.HP.LJ4.normal.1:\
        :cm=HP LaserJet 4 computerlokaal:
        :lp=/dev/smb0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/smb0:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/smb0/acct:\
        :mx#0:\
        :if=/usr/local/bin/smbprint
----

And then I had to make two more files (these are the important ones, I guess): 
/var/spool/lpd/smb0/.config:
----
server = LABMETSERVER
service = HPLaserJ
user = kurts
password = "xxxxxx"
----

and the file /usr/local/bin/smbprint:
----
#!/bin/sh -x

logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log

eval acct_file=\$$#

spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/smb0
config_file=$spool_dir/.config

eval cat $config_file

echo "server $server, service $service" >> $logfile

(
echo translate
echo "print -"
cat
) | /usr/bin/smbclient "\\\\$server\\$service" -U$user>> $logfile
----


I didn't add my password here, but it should prompt for it anyway. Now, I just try the smbprint-script first, but it won't work:

----
$ smbprint "test"
+ logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log
+ eval 'acct_file=$1'
++ acct_file=test
+ spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/smb0
+ config_file=/var/spool/lpd/smb0/.config
+ eval cat /var/spool/lpd/smb0/.config
++ cat /var/spool/lpd/smb0/.config
server = LABMETSERVER
service = HPLaserJ
user = kurts
password = "xxxxx"
+ echo 'server , service '
+ echo translate
+ echo 'print -'
+ cat
+ /usr/bin/smbclient '\\\' -U
\\\: option requires an argument -- U

----

Apparently, the variables 'server', 'service', 'user' and 'password' are not read (since they are replaced by nothing). What am I doing wrong?



thanks in advance,
Kurt
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Re: smbprint

[whitnl73]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Kurt Sys wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I try to get samba to work, especially the printing to a windows NT network printer. I can print to the printer by using smbprint etc, but this always takes some time (first 'gs -sDEVICE=ljet -sOutputFile=file.hp file.pdf' followed by 'smbclient \\\\labmetserver\\HPLaserJ -Ukurts%xxxxx' and finally giving the command 'print file.hp'). So, I decided to try to make an entry in my printcap-file (I show it here, although I'm sure that this doesn't matter for the problem I have...):

...
>
> And then I had to make two more files (these are the important ones, I guess):
> /var/spool/lpd/smb0/.config:
> ----
> server = LABMETSERVER
> service = HPLaserJ
> user = kurts
> password = "xxxxxx"
> ----
>
> and the file /usr/local/bin/smbprint:
> ----
> #!/bin/sh -x
>
> logfile=/tmp/smb-print.log
>
> eval acct_file=\$$#
>
> spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/smb0
> config_file=$spool_dir/.config
>
> eval cat $config_file

Excuse me?  Why do you think this will set any shell variables?
This is just going to copy your config file to stdout.
See "help eval" and man cat.

I think you want something like

tn=`mktemp /tmp/x.XXXXXXX` && sed 's/ //g' $cf >$tn && source $tn && rm $tn
unset tn

AFAIK, the way to set a shell variable is: "name=value",
not "name = value", hence the sed
>
> Apparently, the variables 'server', 'service', 'user' and 'password' are not read (since they are replaced by nothing). What am I doing wrong?
>
why would cat be setting variables?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Kurt
> -
>
Lawson

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Re: smbprint

[Kurt Sys]

Hello,

tnx, it seems to work now, at least, the variables are set. 
Well, what I thought was: if you do 'cat $config_file', the config-file is 'shown', so I thought that the command 'eval cat $config_file' would result in:

eval server=LABMETSERVER service=HPLaserJ user=kurts passwd=XXXXX

and this would set the variables, no? I still don't understand why this is not ok...
Anyway, the spaces, that was clearly an error. I removed these...

tnx,
Kurt.



Mail from whitnl73@juno.com, sent on Friday February 14 2003 at 20:15 (GMT-0500): 

  > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Kurt Sys wrote:
  > 
  > >
  > > spool_dir=/var/spool/lpd/smb0
  > > config_file=$spool_dir/.config
  > >
  > > eval cat $config_file
  > 
  > Excuse me?  Why do you think this will set any shell variables?
  > This is just going to copy your config file to stdout.
  > See "help eval" and man cat.
  > 
  > I think you want something like
  > 
  > tn=`mktemp /tmp/x.XXXXXXX` && sed 's/ //g' $cf >$tn && source $tn && rm $tn
  > unset tn
  > 
  > AFAIK, the way to set a shell variable is: "name=value",
  > not "name = value", hence the sed
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