Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:55:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> To: Per Arve <Per.Arve@mt.luth.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, samba@mail.anu.edu.au Subject: Re: Samba Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003171652250.2861-100000@merlin.onsea.com> In-Reply-To: <38D2572A.EEA5EC1F@mt.luth.se>
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Do you have lpr up and running? If so, you can create a section in your
smb.conf like so:
[printers]
=09comment =3D All Printers
=09path =3D /var/spool/samba
=09print ok =3D Yes
=09browseable =3D no
Samba with enumerate your printers and they will be accessible via
smb. If that still doesnt work, I'll send you my smb.conf.
I would suspect that authentication would be needed to access a printer as
much as it is for a share. I could be wrong, however. Do bear in mind
that your smbpasswd's must be the same as the login password on the
Windows machine(s).
Cliff Rowley
- while (!asleep) { code(); }
On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Per Arve wrote:
> Well, I have acturally spent a couple of hours in front of swat, filling =
the
> different fields for the globals. Tried to use setup the printers,
> but there are no printers to choose from though I have set up one printer=
on
> my freebsd. Unfortunately, I have no previous kvowledge on administrating=
PCs
> so I rather like to have an explicit example to copy, than having to choo=
se
> the value of som 20+ parameters whthout understanding their meaning, even
> after reading about them in the man smb.conf pages. Do the users really n=
eed
> access to shares in order to print?
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> Per
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> Cliff Rowley wrote:
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> > > I have installed samba during installation of freebsd. It turned out =
not
> > > to install as the samba man pages suggest, nor did the freebsd ports
> > > collection. Does this create any particular changes in the smb.conf f=
ile
> > > or other configuration parameters, that I need to take care of.
> >
> > Nothing wrong with the installation :)
> >
> > > Does anyone have a smb.conf for the following simple situation. I am
> > > setting up a local network of 4 to 8 Win95 machines, a printer hooked=
to
> > > the ethernet, and a freebsd running samba to function as a printserve=
r
> > > for the PC's. The freebsd machine can print fine at the moment. I lik=
e
> > > to get an example of how to configure the win95's and samba. Please,
> > > send me advice on how to set this up including explicit example smb.c=
onf
> > > fiel and setup of the win95 network controllpanel that work together.
> >
> > SWAT is a *great* tool btw. To use is, first add the following line to
> > /etc/services (I added mine after accessbuilder 888/tcp):
> >
> > swat 901/tcp
> >
> > Then etc /etc/inetd.conf and add the following line:
> >
> > swat stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/sbin/swat swat
> >
> > Then killall -HUP inetd
> >
> > Now fire up a web browser, and point it toward the machine you just set=
up
> > swat and samba on on port 901. For example, my samba box is called
> > merlin:
> >
> > http://merlin:901
> >
> > You will then be prompted for your username/password. Be careful here =
-
> > if your LAN is not secure (i.e. you have other users on your LAN) your
> > password will be exposed on the LAN, and it's your root password. If y=
our
> > LAN is not secure, forget swat.
> >
> > If it's ok, then enter your root username and password. You will then =
be
> > looking at a web based Samba configuration tool, and it rocks.
> >
> > That's configuring Samba sorted. Onto the next problem.
> >
> > > Do I need to create a particular user in the unix system for the
> > > pc-ursers. Normally, they will not have their own account on the free=
bsd
> > > machine.
> >
> > Use smbpasswd. They obviously need a password to access the shares, an=
d
> > using smbpasswd means they dont have to have a system account. Here's =
an
> > example:
> >
> > smbpasswd -a plonker
> >
> > The -a flag means add. You will then be prompted twice for the passwor=
d
> > for that user (in this case, plonker). 'man smbpasswd' for more
> > information.
> >
> > That's it. Your users will now have access to the smb shares.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Cliff Rowley
> >
> > - while (!asleep) { code(); }
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> --
> Per Arve
> Fysik avd.
> Lule=E5 tekniska universitet
> 971 87 Lule=E5
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> tel. 0920 91136
> fax. 0920 91074
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> (Address: Physics department, Lule=E5 university of technology,
> S-971 87 Lule=E5, Sweden, tel. +46 920 91136, fax. +46 920 91074)
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