Hello

I am in the process of trying to set up a Cups server and a Samba server on a central Linux system in my home SOHO network. The network is configured as a simple workgroup with all peer to peer connections. There is no domain controller. On this network I have a printer attached to a Win2K machine.

The Cups server is require so as to use a special driver from TurboPrint for processing and preparing files for printing. Most of the Samba server seems to be set up correctly in that I am able to access shared files from other computers on my network. The only part which is not working is the ability to send files to the Samba server, from other computers on my network, for forwarding on to the Cups server, which in turn processes and forwards the files on to the Win2K system for printing out.

If, on the central server itself, I use an lp command to send a file directly to the CUPs server, it works fine and the file will be printed out. And like I mentioned I can browse files on the server from other computers on my network. So, too my uneducated eyes, this appears to be possibly some sort of authentication problem between the Samba server and the Cup's server? If so, how can I trace it down to figure out exactly why such a problem is occurring?

Another item of interest is that when I send a file from some computer on my network, to the Samba/Cups server on the central computer, I do see briefly the print job showing up in the print queue on the Win2K machine! So perhaps there is some sort of authentication issue that is arising from all this interaction and the Win2K machine is refusing to print the job because of some kind of authentication problem? Again, if so, how can I trace it down?

The Samba server is configured to use User level security. I have looked in the various log files, Samba appears to be reporting that everything went fine and the incoming username/password were accepted. However I do not see anything being reported in the CUP's log files...

Dunno what other info is needed, and will be happy to supply copies of any config files that might be helpful. Thanks in advance for any help offered, I know this might be more complex than most setups, but I am at a loss on how to proceed.

   Marc Chamberlin

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