On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 10:02:26AM -0700, Matt Whiteley wrote: > I have a printer shared from a win98se box. It is configured without a > password. It used to work in shrike but now when I try to add it > nothing happens. > > Steps: > Run the printing tool > Select add printer > Select smb printer > Printer is found automagically > Select printer > User is asked for name and password > > This is where I tried everything I could think of. It shouldn't need a > password. Selecting ok makes the box disappear and reappear. Putting > in the microsoft networking password with or without a user name doesn't > work. Any ideas? It uses this command to determine whether the share is accessible: smbclient //machine/share [passwd] [-W group] -N -P -c quit [-U user] Does that command give any useful errors when you substitute in the values you're using? Tim. */
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