[cups.general] samba , changed ppd-files

Ryan Suarez ryan.suarez at sheridanc.on.ca
Thu Dec 16 07:52:51 PST 2004


Hi Peter,

>Hallo List, 
>environment: cups 1.1.22, samba 3.0.7 
> 
>I have to change a ppd-file. 
>No problems for the u*x environment 
>for the SAMBA-World I cupsaddsmb the changed printers. 
>Question: Is there a way to automaticly update the already installed printers. 
>Otherwise I have to tell the samba-users "please reinstall printerxx" or 
>go to user "innocent" and do it myself. 
> 
>Thanks for an answer. 
>  
>
For the active samba-sessions you can force a driver reload using
    smbcontrol smbd drvupgrade <drivername>
All running clients connected to a printer using <drivername> will be 
informed to reinstall the driver files. smbcontrol is part of samba 
suite 3.0.x

>Peter 
>  
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