[linux-help] Re: samba printing
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Jonathan Hall wrote:
> Did you run smbpasswd to create the appropriate Samba user?
The username and password are the same on the linux user and in smbpassword
The Windows user is the same as well, but entering the password from
windows will not authenticate.
This is with win98se
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Vian" <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 12:42 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] samba printing
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>>I seem to have a little trouble setting up samba to allow my windows pc
>>to print to the printer on linux.
>>
>>So far I have tried everything I have found in the samba distribution
>>and on a google search to no avail.
>>
>>I am running RedHat 7.3, and have samba installed and active.
>>The printer on this machine works well, and I have been able to print
>>from linux on another server to this one with no problem.
>>
>>PROBLEM
>> From the windows workstation I can browse the workgroup and see the
>>Linux host, but when I try to configure the shared printer or just
>>browse for shares available on that host it askes for a password and
>>will not authenticate.
>>
>>CONFIGURATION
>>On the linux server I have a user with the same name as I have logged
>>into the Windows box, and have set the password for that user
>>appropriately.
>>
>>Using "smbclient -L hostname" I can see all the printers defined as
>>shares from the Linux machine.
>>I have one for local printing, one as a raw spool for use in printing
>>from Windows, and another that is a network printer on a different Linux
>>host.
>>
>>QUESTION
>>Does anyone have any tips or pointers that will help identify the
>>problem with not being able to connect from the Windows workstation to
>>this printer??
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Jeff Vian
>>jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx
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