[CS-FSLUG] [Norton AntiSpam] Re: Old problem with Ubuntu, XP and Samba

[Hilding Egestål]

This is the result, writing this time from Ubuntu to Ubuntu with
smb://192.168.0.2/Brother

"unable to connect to CIFS host"

/Regards and thanks

Hilding E



sön 2007-05-13 klockan 16:21 -0500 skrev Tim Young:
> You should never have a guest user on Linux, especially one with no 
> password.  So, no.  Do not make one.
> 
>  From Linux to the XP, you do not need the printers folder.  (Sorry 
> about that).
> smb://guest:@[computer]/[printer]
> smb://guest:@192.168.0.2/Brother
> 
> Windows does not do ipp by default.  I have never found (nor looked for) 
> a program to do it.  smb:// is the native Windows protocol, and should 
> be used when connecting to your XP computer.
> 
> I have a brother printer (2070N), which is a network enabled printer.  
> That uses LPR/jetdirect port 9100.  Any computer can connect up to it 
> regardless of OS.  You can get simple network printservers to do the 
> same thing.  It makes this sort of thing much easier.
> 
>     - Tim Young
> 
> HildingE wrote:
> > Thank You! Does this mean I have to create an account i Linux 
> > (eg.Ubuntu, which I like mostly) named "guest"? Actually I tried that, 
> > and believe it or not, my problem with password and CUPS in 
> > http://localhost:631 disappeared. And the folder "printers" , can I find 
> > that one on my XP machine? My last question; is it possible to use ipp 
> > (SSH-server) from my LinuxPC to connect to the printer on my XPmachine?
> >
> > Hilding E
> >
> >
> > Tim Young wrote / skrev:
> >
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >> With all your OSes, it gets a little confusing to make sure I know which 
> >> OS we are trying to connect to/from.
> >>
> >> My understanding is that you are trying to connect from a Linux box to 
> >> an XP box, and are wondering what URI to use?
> >>
> >> XP really likes having a username/password with it, so I usually use:
> >>
> >> smb://guest:@192.168.0.2/printers/Brother
> >>
> >> This is the syntax smb://[user[:password]@]computer/path
> >> The :with the @ immediately following says to use a blank password for 
> >> the guest account.
> >>
> >>    - Tim Young
> >>
> >> Hilding Egestål wrote:
> >>  
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Well, sorry to say, I have had to reinstall Ubuntu, and now I have
> >>> forgotten how I did the trick with Samba and printer. Actually, I have
> >>> never succeeded to use my old computer (only Linux, Ubuntu, Fedora6,
> >>> Knoppix and Mandriva) together with my new one (with XP, Ubuntu and
> >>> Fedora6) concerning the printing. I was able to use Ubuntu and Ubuntu on
> >>> the XPmachine, but I would like to manage printing when WindowsXP is
> >>> used. Not all familymembers like Linux at this moment.
> >>>
> >>> So, my old PC is 192.168.0.3 and my new with connected printer USB is
> >>> 192.168.0.2.
> >>> I have used http://localhost:631 and when I am coming to write the path
> >>> I am always confused. Shall I write:
> >>>
> >>> smb://192.1658.0.2:631/printers/Brother
> >>> or
> >>> smb://192.168.0.2/printers/Brother
> >>> or
> >>> smb://192.168.0.2/Brother
> >>> or
> >>> smb://192.168.0.2/printer/Brother
> >>> or 
> >>> ...
> >>> In Ubuntu I installed a guest-account and have managed to find the right
> >>> printer.
> >>>
> >>> So, what to do?
> >>>
> >>> Regards from Sweden
> >>>
> >>> /Hilding
> >>>
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