hi ya > Alan & Kerry Shrimpton([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hi, > > > > I know most people have their Linux box connected to the net. I have my > > windows machine. > > > > I know most people probably have their printers connected to their Linux > > machine. I have it connected to my windows machine. > <--snip--> > > > > That is my situation and now to my real question. > > > > 1. How the heck do I see my windows machine on my Linux machine? > > 2. How do I get my Linux machine to print using my printer hardware > > connected to my windows machine? > > samba
-- am gonna assume your pritner is working on the linux side... both both text and postscript stuff prints fine... to configure samba... /etc/samba/smb.conf ... make sure you have these types of stanza ... # NOTE: If you have a BSD-style print system there is no need to # specifically define each individual printer [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # Set public = yes to allow user 'guest account' to print guest ok = no printable = yes print command = /usr/bin/lpr -r %s ; rm %s printer = xerox printing = BSD read only = yes # # tom's linux-based Home directories that is accessible on WinXX # [tom] comment = Tom's Win98 Backup ; ; caution: Requires chmod 777 /opt/home/bklein path = /opt/home/bklein ; ; need to be browsable for network neighborhood and smbclient -U# -L localhost browseable = yes ; public = no writable = yes valid users = tom ; printable = no ; create mask = 0765 restart samba... # Check this config file # ---------------------- # testparm # testprns xerox /etc/printcap # # smbclient -U% -L localhost # nmblookup WORKGROUP#1B Make sure that you run smbpasswd... if the WinXX is to be able to print to the printer connected to the linux box linux# cd /etc/samba ; smbpasswd -a tom -- and dont forget to fix lots-o-security issues in the samba config file after it starts to work.. - limit access to only inside your corp lan... and not the outsideworld c ya alvin > > > > > > No doubt I need to install some packages but what ones? > apt-cache show samba - should get you started. You should have an smb > filesystem enabled in your kernel as well > CONFIG_SMB_FS=m > CONFIG_SMB_NLS_DEFAULT=y > CONFIG_SMB_NLS_REMOTE="cp437" > CONFIG_SMB_NLS=y > > Another one to check is > apt-cache show xsmbrowser > > :-) HTH, YMMV, HAND :-) > -- > Warning, keyboard not found. Press Enter to continue. > _______________________________________________________ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >