[ILUG] Samba printing problem

Andre Venter andrev at uunet.co.za
Tue Sep 5 15:10:27 IST 2000


Under the windows directory you'll find the fix for this - called either
network.txt or readme.htm (I can't remember which)

-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of Dave
Airlie
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 3:03 PM
To: Leo Talbot
Cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Samba printing problem


switch on encrypted passwords I think is the way .. not sure ...

Dave.

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Leo Talbot wrote:

> I have a Debian box hosting a printer, and a Win 98 box wanting to print
to
> said printer. When I don't log on to the local NT domain, printing works
fine
> (presumably cos it uses the username 'nobody'). When I am logged on, the
> printer refuses to print until I open a share on the same machine.
Username
> and password are the same on the NT domain and the Debian box.
>
> Is there some way of specifying that Win 98 uses the 'nobody' username all
> the time when printing? I've tried using '\\nobody at machine' and
> '\\machine.nobody'. Any ideas?
>
> Leo
>

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