Joe Mc Cool wrote:
The college I work for is an M$-only shop :-( I don't know if it is
XP, or 2000 or whatever.
I can plug my beloved sarge notebook into the network and use firefox
etc no problem.
But, how do I avail of the M$ disk spaces, printers etc ? Is samba
(under the sarge) the way to go and if so what do I need to know about
the M$ network in order to proceed ?
To access a windows share you need smbclient. To print to a windows
printer you need CUPS (or similar printing system) as well, and an entry
like the following in /etc/cups.conf:
DeviceURI smb://yourname:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/windowspc/windowsprinter
Unblock smb and NETBIOS ports on your firewall.
BTW if you use CUPS, I recommend the CUPS *server*, not just the client. I
never was able to get the client alone to work and it seems to be a commonly
reported problem.
Thanks
Joe
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