Steve Holdoway wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:26:47 +1200 (NZST) > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Fri, July 20, 2007 1:19 pm, Nick Rout wrote: >> >>> On Fri, July 20, 2007 12:27 pm, Reg wrote: >>> >>>> I have just added a local printer to my Open Suse Computer via Yast and >>>> all was straight forward, works fine locally. >>>> >>>> How do I go about sharing this printer on my XP based computers on my >>>> local network? >>>> >>>> Regards Reg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> By looking in the wiki of course :-) >>> >>> http://clug.net.nz/index.php/WinCupsNoSamba >>> >> PS this is IMHO easier than samba :-) >> >> >> > Unfortunately there are cases ( at least on ubuntu feisty ) where cups > doesn't play well with the builtin printer interface. So I'd use samba, which > is sooooo simple (: > > Steve. > > I have samba all set up and working, I can still view home dir etc from my XP machines and I can see the printer on the linux machine from XP but it says unable to connect (printer is turned on of course)
this is my smb.conf file if anyone can spot any errors in it please let me know: # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2007/06/16 19:45:09 [global] workgroup = SMITHS map to guest = Bad User printcap name = cups add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -c Machine -d /var/lib/nobody -s /bin/false %m$ logon path = \\%L\profiles\.msprofile logon drive = P: logon home = \\%L\%U\.9xprofile domain master = No usershare max shares = 100 winbind uid = 10000-20000 winbind gid = 10000-20000 cups options = raw include = /etc/samba/dhcp.conf domain logons = No idmap gid = 10000-20000 idmap uid = 10000-20000 security = user [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S, %D%w%S read only = No inherit acls = Yes browseable = No [users] comment = All users path = /home/ inherit acls = yes veto files = /aquota.user/groups/shares/ case sensitive = no strict locking = no msdfs proxy = no [groups] comment = All groups path = /home/groups read only = No inherit acls = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/tmp create mask = 0600 printable = Yes browseable = Yes [print$] comment = Printer Drivers path = /var/lib/samba/drivers write list = @ntadmin, root force group = ntadmin create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = Yes [reg] path = /home/reg/ guest ok = yes read only = no ## Share disabled by YaST # [netlogon] ............................................................... regards Reg
