Hello, I've got two problems in my very small home network. 2 xp (pro) machines and me, who is the printer server on ubuntu. I've read through the samba 3 by example and the earlier chapters of samba 3 howtos, but there are some things I still don't seem to be understanding. One of my big issues is that one of the xp computers is totally invisible to me. I can't call it using its name or it's (static) ip address. I have no problem with the other computer. I can access the shared folders, copy, make folders etc.
We have looked through the settings of this computer and can't spot what might be different from the visible one. Has anyone else had this problem and tracked it down? The two windows computers can see each other, so the network seems to be fine on their end. One problem I do have is that while I am admin for my machine, I don't control what happens on these machines as they were saved up for and built by my sons. So I have to be wary of teenage territorial feelings. I am using the standard ubuntu samba which is "Version 3.0.14a-Ubuntu". One xp machine has been updated to service pack 2, but the one I can't see is the one who hasn't. I would have thought from my reading that it might be the other way around. The second problem is that I don't seem to be understanding the printing setup. (maybe 'cause I'm blonde?) Or maybe its trying to set up the printer to work over port:9100. for an HPlaserjet6l, or probably one of many different things. Oh well, I've just found another howto which may help me. I'll leave this till later. At the moment, if they want to print I have to copy from the shared folder and do it on my computer. If the niban wants to print, he has to copy it to the shared folder, then I have to copy it to my computer, you probably get the picture. Shelagh -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
