1. Set up your Windows account with a user name or enable the guest
account of Windows so that you can print through the guest account.
2. Samba has a bug, update it to version 1.0.7-19mdk. See
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001123151352
and see also
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001214090405
to know about downloading updates from mirror sites.
Till
Holly Henry-Pilkington wrote:
>
> Okay, I decided to take the plunge and try CUPS for printing. Local
> printer works fine. I have an HP LaserJet 5L on a Windows 98 box that
> worked fine with good old lpd under 7.1, but I can't get beyond connection
> refused using CUPS.
>
> The share on Windows is set with a password (but not a user name). There
> doesn't seem to be a way to do this in CUPS. I've tried leaving the user
> name blank and adding a password (the way it was done in lpd). I've tried
> using the user name of guest and the password. No go. I've tried using my
> user name on the Windows box and the password. No go. I've tried using my
> user name on the Linux box and both the password for the Windows share and
> my account password for Samba. Neither works.
>
> I know I'm missing something basic here and I've read everything on MUO
> and MandrakeForum as well as previous messages to this and the expert list
> that I've saved. Please tell me what info you need about my config for
> cups, samba, etc. in order to help me diagnose before I go bald from
> pulling my hair out. :-) Thanks much. :-)
>
> Holly
