hi ya john
On Thu, 20 May 2004, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> CW Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> Now, the smb user is my guest user. I'm not sure why it tries to log in
> >
> > You may be having your account mapped to you guest user.
> > IIRC the things that are required are:
> > 1. User is in the printer admin group
doesn't matter ... lpd or other printer daemons take care of it for the
users including root
> > 2. User has a valid smb password/account
if its not working, how do you know its valid?
> > 3. User must be able to write to the *nix directory where
> > samba stores the printer driver info.
the /home/smb_user should show up in network neighborhood in the windoze
box and you should be able to drag-n-drop files into the
linuxbox:/home/smb_user directory
> But I don't understand what my account has anything to do with it, since
> I'm logging in as root, and root does have rights to the printer driver
> directory.
joining in the middle ... lets see
am assuming, "root" on the linux box can print to the printer connected
to it
- root can print tothe local printer
- root can print to the printer on the other linux box
if not... fix the /etc/printcap on your local linux box
lp|HP-LaserJet:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
:pw:132:\
:fq:\
:sh:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/local/sbin/printers/somefilter-program:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp-log:
"if" input filter is needed for print web pages to
an regular ( non-postscript ) printer
root# lpr /etc/printcap
the linux box with the printer that has the printer connected
to it would have in its /etc/printcap
lp|HP-LserJet:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:rm=LP_ServerIP:
# make sure "ping LP_ServerIP" works
root# lpr /etc/printcap
- you should have a hard copy
if you want to be able to print postscript files
( web pages from the web browers, ) make sure oyu
can manually print the tiger.ps files
lpr /path/tiger.ps
be prepared to abort the reams of paper spewing out
in which case oyu need magicfilter or apsfilter or xxx
now for samba ( windows users )
- lets assume the userID is "smb_user"
on the linux box that has the printer connected to it
a) root# smbpasswd smb_user
b) configure /etc/samba/smb.conf
- make sure the permissions is correct ..
- long laundry list of files and directories to check
( see the samba printing howto )
- run the samba test tools to check the syntax of smb.conf
c) PrinterManager
- add new Network printer
- it should ask for your passwd you used for smbpasswd
- Print TestPage
d) take a pepsi break and start from step 0 ... or have a beer
to celebrate
== and if one printer is in NewYork and the other printer is in London,
now you can send documents to each other ... ( free fax )
- but secure the silly boxes first so only *you* can print
to the remote printer ...
c ya
alvin
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