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

[Rick Matthews]

I found this to be very helpful when I was battling Samba several months
ago:
<http://sunsite.dk/samba/oreilly/using_samba/index.html>

Here's another one in case you prefer a different style:
<http://freebooks.by.ru/view/SambaIn24h/index.htm>

And don't forget about swat (see man swat). It's actually a pretty good
tool!

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Jason Ferguson
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:44 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] New to samba, having problems trying to
print from windwos 2000


Im having trouble too... I set "printing = cups" in my smb.conf file,
but
get all sorts of access problems from win2k. I cant test it from a 98
machine cuz they cant even browse the network (and encryption is on).

If anyone has this working, please let me know.

Jason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel L. Shipman" <webmaster at srj.net>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] New to samba, having problems trying to
print
from windwos 2000


> 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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