On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Joshua Tarplin wrote: > I'm new to Samba, and I have a few minor questions for which I need answers > before I start this grandiose adventure in connectivity. > > I current have a small home network, consisting of: > (1) Mandrake Linux 9.1 workstation > (1) Windows 2000 Pro workstation > (1) Windows XP Pro file/print server > (1) LinkSys 4-port (ethernet) router > > My goal is to be able to use Samba to access the files in and the printers > attached to the Windows XP server from my Linux workstation. > > The impression I'm getting from everyone I ask is that Samba was designed to > allow Windows-based workstations to access fioles/printers on Linux/Unix > servers. If this is the case, then I'm sunk.
Samba provides a facility to allow your Linux/UNIX system to print to a Windows attached printer. The utility it will use is called smbprint. - John T. > > I would appreciate any and all advice you can offer in this situation. > > Much thanks in advance... > > Joshua Tarplin, MCSE > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Fretting that your Hotmail account may expire because you forgot to sign in > enough? Get Hotmail Extra Storage today! > http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba