fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2001 at 08:30:31AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote:
> > "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > On 9 Feb 2001, Harry Putnam wrote:
> <snip>
> <missing attribution>
> > > > Now how can I access that printer from my linux box, on a home
> > > > network. The machines are networked and I have the full cygwin
> > > > package installed on the win2k although I don't or at least haven't
> > > > used them much.
> > > >
> > > You may want to look into the smbclient program - part of the Samba
> > > package. Printtool will set up a printercap entry to print to a windows
> > > printer. I have one set up in 6.2, but 7.0 should be about the same.
> >
> > I haven't looked into that yet, but I didn't really want to get
> > tangled up in Samba unless I have to.
>
> I've configured RH 6.2 to print to printers attached to a Windoze box
> without doing ANYTHING with Samba. I believe SAMBA was installed, but
> have (had at the time) not done anything with it. All I had to do was
> use RH's printtool to configure the printer. When using the ADD button
> on printtool, choose "SMB/Windows 95/NT printer", give the spool entry a
> name, enter the hostname of the windoze box, and the printer name, user
> name, and password of the Windows share (you did share the printer on
I didn't have `samba' installed and it wouldn't let me proceed so
installed the 3 samba packages:
samba-2.0.7-21ssl
samba-common-2.0.7-21ssl
samba-client-2.0.7-21ssl
I did share the printer but I see no provision for password there.
The win2k box Aministrator has a password however. So used that
> the Windoze box, didn't you?) and voila! Bob's your uncle!
Its a complete wash out here so far.
Looking at the `printtool add'
Names(name1|name2...) lp <== what is that con-
fusing line
supposed to mean
anyway?
Free limit.... 0
Hostname of printer 192.168.xxx
IPnumber of server 192.168.xxx
Printer Name EP
User Administrator
Password **********
Workgroup
Input Filter *auto* - U_EpsonStylusColor
>
> I've only done it with a Win95 printer, and therefore do not know if
> the encrypted password issue on recent Windoze versions will bite or not.
How did you manage a username on win95?
When I try the menu/test I get a message saying: "Test page printed
to que lp". Tailing /var/log/messages I see no activity related to
printing at all. Using `lpq'
# lpq
Printer: lp@reader
Queue: no printable jobs in queue
Status: job 'root@reader+662' removed at 12:08:38.638
Reader is the linux host name
Trying with `lpr -V':
# lpr -V diary
LPRng-3.6.24, Kerberos5, Copyright 1988-2000 Patrick Powell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
sending job 'root@reader+796' to lp@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer lp@localhost
sending control file 'cfA796reader.local.lan' to lp@localhost
completed sending 'cfA796reader.local.lan' to lp@localhost
sending data file 'dfA796reader.local.lan' to lp@localhost
completed sending 'dfA796reader.local.lan' to lp@localhost
done job 'root@reader+796' transfer to lp@localhost
[206:root]>~
Should this be getting sent to localhost? Given the hostnmae in the
printtool config?
All this and not one word shows up in syslog. Makes it hard to debug.
The lpr -D (debug) flag might be usefull here but the description of
its use in `man lpr' is so worhtless I can't figure out how to use it.
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