[NTLUG:Discuss] New to samba, having problems trying to print from windwos 2000

[Daniel L. Shipman]

Did you set the share correctly?>>

   public = yes
   only guest = yes
   writable = yes
   printable = yes

maybe try adding
   create mask = 0777

Just to test it

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Aggarwal" <neil at JAMMConsulting.com>
To: "NTLUG" <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:36 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] New to samba, having problems trying to print from
windwos 2000


> Hello:
>
> I am *really* new to samba.  I read as much of the
> documentation and the mailing list as I can, but I am having
> a problem trying to print from my windows 2000 box to my
> linux machine.
>
> Here is what I have on the Linux server:
> RedHat 7.2
> Epson Stylus Color 860 (This is set-up as a local
> printer using the stp driver and it works
> just fine)
>
> I set-up samba by doing this:
>
> I placed the RedHat 7.2 disk 1 in the cdrom drive and issued
> the following commands:
>
> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
> cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
> rpm -Uvh samba-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm samba-common-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm
> umount /mnt/cdrom
> eject
>
> cat /etc/passwd | /usr/bin/mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> chmod 600 /etc/samba/smbpasswd
> smbpasswd neil
>
> I entered my unix password for my account as the
> password.
>
> After this, I put this line in /etc/samba/smb/conf:
> hosts allow 192.168.1.
>
> And then started the service by typing:
> service smb restart
>
> Then, I went to my windows machine.  Eventually, it was able to see
> the MYGROUP domain and the linux server under that.
>
> When I clicked on the server name, I got a prompt to login, which
> seemed to go just fine.
>
> After that, I see the Linux computer and the printer.
> When I first tried to access the printer, windows prompted
> me to set-up a driver for it, so I pointed windows to the Epson Stylus
> Color 860 driver I had installed when I had the printer local to my
> Windows machine.
>
> Now, when I go to Network Neighborhood, I see the printer but when I
> go to its properties, it says Access denied, unable to connect.
>
> When I try to print anything, I get a message that it could not
> print to the printer.
>
> I dont know what else to do.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Neil.
>
>
> --
> Neil Aggarwal
> JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
>
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