Use the VM gutenberg.inf.unibz.it Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS with samba version: Version 4.13.17-Ubuntu

IMPORTANT

To make scan to folder work, this 2 options in [global] section are necessary in smb.conf

vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

client min protocol = NT1
server min protocol = NT1

systemctl restart smbd.service

https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Samba_Server/smb.conf/

Check status of samba:

root@gutenberg:~# smbstatus

Samba version 4.15.13-Ubuntu
PID     Username     Group        Machine                                   Protocol Version  Encryption           Signing              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3510511 skanners     skanners     10.7.88.144 (ipv4:10.7.88.144:59559)      SMB3_11           -                    partial(AES-128-CMAC)

Service      pid     Machine       Connected at                     Encryption   Signing     
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
scans        3510511 10.7.88.144   Thu Mar  7 14:57:37 2024 CET     -            AES-128-CMAC

Locked files:
Pid          User(ID)   DenyMode   Access      R/W        Oplock           SharePath   Name   Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3510511      1004       DENY_NONE  0x100081    RDONLY     NONE             /home/scans   .   Thu Mar  7 15:05:26 2024

This allows to scan exams on the Multifunction Printer Canon and save them in a folder in the Archive.

Printer: UBZ125POS100 http://10.10.32.125
Archive/Path: \\fsu.unibz.it\Users\Faculty of Computer Science\1 Didattica\1.7 Esami\Copie Esami\scans
Infos: IP: 10.7.28.68

Login into printer via web:

http://10.10.32.125:8000/

login: administrator
password:

1. Click on Address Book
2. Select Address List 02
3. Register New Destination…
4. Type: file
5. Click Set
6. Enter Name: gutenberg
7. Protocol: Windows (SMB)
8. Hostname: \\gutenberg.inf.unibz.it\scans
9. Click: OK

Open SMB port 139 or 445 on the firewall for the 2 machines!

telnet 10.7.28.68 445
Trying 10.7.28.68...
Connected to 10.7.28.68.
Escape character is '^]'.
^CConnection closed by foreign host.

ACL rulez set by Andreas Zöschg!

 ssh gutenberg

Make sure after reboot that the drive is mounted!

cat /root/start-at-reboot.sh
mount -a

Entry in /etc/fstab

\\fsu.unibz.it\inf\Faculty\040of\040Computer\040Science\1\040Didattica\1.7\040Esami\Copie\040Esami\Scans	/mnt/fsu.unibz.it	cifs	username=service_scanfolderinf@unibz.it,password=*******,rw,vers=2.0,auto	0	0

Cronjob

 crontab -l

   
# execute mount -a command
@reboot	/root/start-at-reboot.sh

# copy exams scans to Archive fsu
*/2 7-19 * * MON-FRI     rsync -vauh --progress /home/scans/*.pdf /mnt/fsu.unibz.it/

# remove all pdfs if the file: remove is found in /mnt/fsu.unibz.it
*/5 * * * * /home/scans/.cleanup.sh

To clean up all pdfs in /home/scans run the hidden command: .cleanup.sh

cat /home/scans/.cleanup.sh
#!/bin/sh -x

# Create file: "remove" in directory
# touch remove
# run the script to remove all pdf files in directory
# sh .cleanup.sh
if [ -f "remove" ]
   then
      echo File "remove" file exists, will remove all pdfs!
      rm -I /home/scans/*.pdf
fi

Run script!

cd /home/scans
sh .cleanup.sh

Open Windows Explorer (Win+E) and enter into the path: \\gutenberg.inf.unibz.it\scans

When it asks for login information:

username: skanners
password: Igloo#2inter