browsing with the network browser under linux

[Otto Haliburton]

On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 15:06, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Otto Haliburton wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 14:43, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > 
> >>Otto Haliburton wrote:
> >>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-install-list-
> >>>>bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Otto Haliburton
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 2:17 PM
> >>>>To: 'Getting started with Red Hat Linux'
> >>>>Subject: browsing with the network browser under linux
> >>>>
> >>>>Does anyone know why all shares except printer shares show up when using
> >>>>the
> >>>>network browser.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>sorry about the double post here but the printers on an XP box don't appear
> >>>even though they are shared.
> >>
> >>XP home or XP Pro?  XP Home has limited networking abilities.
> > 
> > 
> > I thought something to that effect since it is home except that when you
> > browse with XP pro or 2000 the printers and all other shares are
> > visible.  What is it about linux that only the printers are not visible.
> 
> Ignore previous blank post...dropped something on the mouse.
> 
> I don't know.  It may be that Nautilus ignores those.  Have you checked
> your printer browser?  They may show up there rather than the normal
> browser (redhat-icon->System Settings->Printing").  It may also be that
> you aren't in the same workgroup as those machines.  I don't know

You are in the same group since the other shares are visible. the
implication that samba will not work with XP home because the samba
browser cannot see the printers shares so therefore it cannot connect to
the printers if they are on a XP home machine.
they don't show on the printer browser either.