[wellylug] [Fwd: PDF Service with Samba LG #72]

[Centurion Computer Technology Ltd]

On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 11:20 +1200, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> How does the email work?  Off line perhaps.
> 
The script gets the username passed from to samba then uses mpack to
send the attached pdf back to username at theirlocalmailserver.com.  This
assumes that the user has an email address or alias on their mail server
that matches their samba username.

if you want a copy, I can sanatize it and email it to you along with the
smb.conf entries (when I have a moment).


> L
> 
> Centurion Computer Technology Ltd wrote:
> 
> >I have a client using a pdf printing service.
> >
> >It uses samba for printing, with the 'print command' option to call a
> >script which runs ps2pdf on the postscript file and emails it back to
> >the user.
> >
> >On Sun, 2005-06-12 at 06:41 +1200, Lindsay Hunter wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Anyone tried setting up their Linux server as a PDF 'printer' for 
> >>Windows clients? See http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue72/bright.html
> >>
> >>It is an elegant solution.
> >>
> >>Lindsay
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Lindsay Hunter
> >>Computer Solutions Wellington
> >>021 636 826
> >>fax (04) 934 1730
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> 
> -- 
> Lindsay Hunter
> Computer Solutions Wellington
> 021 636 826
> fax (04) 934 1730
> 
> 
> 
-- 
        Daniel Reurich
        Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Limited
        
        Ph: (04) 565 1832
        Mobile: (021) 797 722
            
        email: daniel at centurion.net.nz