samba share/printer problem

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 23:42, Lorn Miller wrote:

> > Still sounds like you don't have the right user permissions setup yet. 
> > If it is coming in as nobody then it sounds to me as if you are trying
> > to access it with guest type permissions.  Make sure you have created a
> > user on the samba server that matches the user on the windows box
> > including the same password.  
> The user on the Windows box is not using a password for their login.  I
> would be inclined to make the printer public, but for the fact that the
> linux box will be in the router's dmz.  I'll restrict that to
> username/password.  I'm fairly certain that the XP box can provide a
> seperate username and password without much trouble.
> 
> My best guess as to why the printer isn't working now is that the
> /var/spool directory is incorrect.  That's the reason for the noob
> question about finding queue locations...

Everyone has areas that are new to them.  No one knows everything. 
Although Alexander Dalloz comes close.  :)


> > 
> > Of course you should be able to get most of that information from the
> > cups interface.
> Where would the cups interface be?

You should be able to access the cups interface using your browser with
http://localhost:631

You should be prompted for root's name and password.


> > > Thanks again for the help

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