From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 30 11:55:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25465 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from seattle.3com.com (seattle.3com.com [129.213.128.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25457 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Florian_Uhl@3com.com) From: Florian_Uhl@3com.com Received: from new-york.3com.com (new-york.3com.com [129.213.157.12]) by seattle.3com.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA15954; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hqoutbound.ops.3com.com (hqoutbound.OPS.3Com.COM [139.87.48.104]) by new-york.3com.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA16859; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by hqoutbound.ops.3com.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.1 (569.2 2-6-1998)) id 8825668F.0067EFF3 ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:16 -0700 X-Lotus-FromDomain: 3COM To: david@davidv.iadfw.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:44:49 +0200 Subject: Re: Samba/WIN95/FREEBSD-Printing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David, as you can see from the output (\barstoolHP66C), you didn't include enough backslashes in the command line. You should try 'smbclient -P \\\\barstool\\HP66C' because your shell is treating \ special. Basically, you have to escape the \ with a \. Cheers ... -- florian Not speaking for or on behalf of 3Com or U.S.Robotics. Please respond to david@davidv.iadfw.net To: Dan Busarow cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samba/WIN95/FREEBSD-Printing On 30-Sep-98 Dan Busarow wrote: [...] This is what I get. david@workbox:/home/david : smbclient \\barstool\HP66C -P Usage: smbclient service [-p port] [-d debuglevel] [-l log] Version 1.9.18p8 -p port connect to the specified port -d debuglevel set the debuglevel -l log basename. Basename for log/debug files -n netbios name. Use this name as my netbios name -N don't ask for a password -P connect to service as a printer -M host send a winpopup message to the host -m max protocol set the max protocol level -L host get a list of shares available on a host -I dest IP use this IP to connect to -R name resolve order use these name resolution services only -E write messages to stderr instead of stdout -U username set the network username -W workgroup set the workgroup name -c command string execute semicolon separated commands -t terminal code terminal i/o code {sjis|euc|jis7|jis8|junet|hex} -TIXgbNa command line tar -D directory start from directory \barstoolHP66C: Not enough '\' characters in service [...] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message