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

[Tim Young]

That URI was for linux connecting to XP.

    - Tim

Hilding Egestål wrote:
> 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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