Samba, SELinux, Printing problem

[Brian Chadwick]

Robert Locke wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 14:23 +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote:
> <snip>
>   
>> Here are the relvant entries in smb.conf
>>
>>  load printers = yes
>> cups options = raw
>> [printers]
>>    comment = All Printers
>>    path = /usr/spool/samba
>>    browseable = no
>> # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print
>>    guest ok = yes
>>    writable = no
>>    printable = yes
>>
>>
>> The above is an excerpt from the unadulterated smb.conf installed by fedora.
>>
>>
>> If it is not SELinux doing something, then why does this cofigration 
>> work perfectly when FC5 is setup without SELinux?
>>
>>     
>
> Are you sure it worked without SELinux turned on?
>
> Anyway, for me it boiled down to correcting the above "path" line.  One
> of the updates changed it from /var to /usr....  Try changing that back
> to /var and restart Samba.  That took care of it for me....
>
> Check out the samba log files under /var/log/samba....
>
> --Rob
>
>   
i should have noticed that ... thanx ... testing without selinux must 
not have had the samba update that did that naughty change ...

cheers