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Subject: Re: [Samba] which print tool: CUPS vs BSD?
From: "Kurt Pfeifle" <kpfeifle () danka ! de>
Date: 2004-04-22 14:16:31
Message-ID: 4087D3BF.9090803 () danka ! de
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Joe Cipale wrote:
> Kurt Pfeifle wrote:
>
>>>Joe Cipale joec at aracnet.com
>>>Tue Apr 20 20:57:34 GMT 2004
>>>
>>>Which printing mnechansim works best with Samba? CUPS or BSD?
>>
>>CUPS. libcups.so is linked into Samba (if configured with this
>>-- default -- option). CUPS is also much more advanced and
>>feature-rich than BSD.
>>
>>
>>>I suspect
>>>that BSD support in Samba is not the greatest.
>>>
>>
>>Don't blame Samba for that.... ;-)
>>
>>The reason is, that BSD-printing doesn't support much by itself. ;-)
[....]
> Sounds like I may have to:
> 1 - Reinstall Samba and make sure I have the cups option compiled in.
First check your current version:
ldd `which smbd` | grep cups
should output something like
libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcups.so.2 (0x4002f000)
Or, in Samba-3, use
smbd -b | grep -i cups
and look for
HAVE_CUPS
> 2 - Validate whcih vers of CUPS I am using. (IS there a way to do that?)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Joe
Kurt
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