From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 3 5: 1: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-203.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F26D37B405 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 05:00:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topperwein (topperwein [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g43C0iuk075118; Fri, 3 May 2002 08:00:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 08:00:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: Dave Uhring Cc: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: Samba problems, several machines In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020503075827.M75079-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2 May 2002, Dave Uhring wrote: > On Thursday 02 May 2002 10:23 pm, Chris BeHanna wrote: > > > I don't know that I've ever tried it. I go through > > Control Panel->Printers->Add Printer, and browse the Network > > Neighborhood to find the Samba server sharing the printer, and select > > the printer that way. > > > > Here are the relevant portions of my smb.conf: > > > > [global] > > ; some stuff elided, like remote announce and remote browse sync > > load printers = yes > > printing = cups > > printcap name = cups > > ; some more stuff elided, like socket options, log params, and > > interface lists ; Authentication scheme > > security = share > > encrypt passwords = yes > > > > [printers] > > comment = All printers > > guest ok = yes > > printable = yes > > > > Note that the host in question is set up to be both the local and > > preferred master in my domain, if that makes any difference. > > That works well using Windows9X, but will not work with Win2k or WinXP. Really? My Win2K SP1 box prints just fine to my FreeBSD-hosted OfficeJet 350. > If you use that procedure with either one the "Add Printers Wizard" > will be invoked and no printer will be discovered. This is discussed > in samba.org's documentation: > > http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#PRINTING > > but only a bare-bones skeleton is shown and no example is given. > > The only way I have been able to get a W2k or WXP system to use the > samba printer is to run the kludge of "net use lpt1: \\server\printer", > and that does not always work. NetBIOS name collision? NetBIOS is a naming system wrought in hell, and can easily cause you a lot of pounding the desk with your head. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message