Re: Sharing printers without samba?
David Ryder wrote: > ... > * Have your Windows computer use (via a network) a printer that is > attached to a Linux computer. CUPS can be configured to make the > printer accessible to the network. ... " > > ... > I want to share Ubuntu computers and printers with Windows. How can I do > this without samba, as implied in the guide above? The above guide only implies you can share *printers* without Samba. It makes no claims about files (what you've called computers). You can't share files from Ubuntu to Windows without it, unless you use a different protocol (such as NFS) on the Windows clients. Much bogosity [1] lies down that path, and i highly disrecommend [2] it. > I would very much rather not install samba as then I get all computers > duplicated in Networks - once in Network and again in Network>Windows > Network>CEDARS> > I find this annoying. That behaviour is completely normal and expected, even in Windows-only networks. By default, you are shown computers in the same workgroup. However you can see all computers by going into the Windows Network and looking at workgroups. Because your workgroup is called CEDARS, you can see it both in the top level view, and inside Windows Network. My suggestion: ignore the Windows Network icon. :-) The bottom line: if you want to store files on a Linux box and access them from a Windows box, you need Samba on the Linux box. If you don't want to do that, store your files on the Windows box. Regards, Paul [1] http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bogosity.html [2] http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=429358 begin:vcard fn:Paul Gear n:Gear;Paul org:Liberty Systems & Software adr;dom:;;;Birkdale;Q;4159 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Director tel;work:07 3122 2198 tel;cell:04 3183 7656 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.libertysys.com.au/ version:2.1 end:vcard smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Sharing printers without samba?
Hi, https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpSamba says: "Do you need Samba? Samba is a metapackage and intended to be installed on servers. Clients do not need this metapackage. The Samba metapackage is not necessary on clients to: * Have your Windows computer use (via a network) a printer that is attached to a Linux computer. CUPS can be configured to make the printer accessible to the network. ... " All my computers are allocated fixed addresses via DHCP. I have a Windows LAN (workgroup "CEDARS") and Ubuntu computers without a workgroup name. The Ubuntu computers are named in the format of fqdn in /etc/hosts, e.g., computer1.dryder.org computer1 (/etc/hostname file entry: computer1). I can see/share my Windows computers without samba. I want to share Ubuntu computers and printers with Windows. How can I do this without samba, as implied in the guide above? I would very much rather not install samba as then I get all computers duplicated in Networks - once in Network and again in Network>Windows Network>CEDARS> I find this annoying. Can Windows use Ubuntu computers and printers without samba? If so, please, how? Many thanks, David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: evolution, address book and calendar missing
Dave Hall wrote: > On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 15:04 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Sebastian, it looks like you used the first copy of the HowTo I sent >> to you. >> >> That copy was flawed because Open Office had enabled by default a >> "feature" that shifted any text to the left if followed by a space or >> a tab therefore making double hyphens appear as a long single hyphen. >> >> Hence, a second amended copy of the HowTo was sent out on the >> following day to all those, including you, who had initially requested >> one, including a brief explanation. In the second copy the hyphens >> are easily recognised. > > This is why putting information in publicly available wikis is a good > thing, the reader gets the updates straight away. You could even run > your own wiki and put adsense ads on it if you wanted get something back > for your efforts. > > Emailing PDFs for documentation is so dated :) > > Cheers > > Dave > Hi Dave, it took me a while until I found time but it worked! thank you here is what I did (to put it out into the public) :-) $ gconftool-2 --shutdown $ evolution --force-shutdown Shutting down evolution-exchange-storage (Evolution Calendar Exchange backend / Evolution Addressbook Exchange backend) Shutting down evolution-data-server-2.22 (Evolution Calendar file and webcal backend / Evolution Addressbook file backend) Shutting down evolution-alarm-notify (Evolution Calendar alarm notification service) Now I copied the following directories back to ~ from my backup ~/.evolution/ ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/ ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution $ gconftool-2 --unload evolution_se I/O warning : failed to load external entity "evolution_se" Failed to open `evolution_se': No such file or directory $ gconftool-2 --unload evolution I/O warning : failed to load external entity "evolution" Failed to open `evolution': No such file or directory Although the two error messages don't tell me anything and look as if it did not work, it did. I started Evolution and everything was there again! no import dialogue or anything... Thanks again -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
