On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:55:51 +1200 Nick Rout wrote: > from > http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/VI.CUPS-Connections/VI.tutorial-handout-cups-connections.html > > > "The "smbspool" program is provided with SAMBA starting with SAMBA > 2.0.6. Once you have made the link [1] and restarted CUPS you can > configure your printers with one of the following device URIs: > > smb://<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> > smb://<server>/<sharename> > smb://<user>:<password>@<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> > smb://<user>:<password>@<server>/<sharename>"
Ooops I probably should have included this: "The workgroup name needs only to be specified if your system is using a different workgroup than the server. The "<user>:<password>" strings are required when printing to Windows NT/2000 servers or to shares with passwords enabled under Windows 95, 98, or XP. Note: The Samba client transmits the password in clear text! This makes printing to Samba servers insecure! (One only needs to enter "ps -auxwww | grep smb" during the job transmission to the Windows server to see the whole URI-string including the password...) It is therefore strongly recommended to either use a separate account only for printing on the Windows server (best without writable home directory). Otherwise, connect all printers to servers running GNU/Linux or Unix. The KDEPrint "Add Printer Wizard" has a comfortable facility for scanning the network for available printer shares on Windows (and Samba) servers." -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
