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

[HildingE]

Yes, I see, but I used it in the linuxmachine, and the result was:
unable to connet to CIFS-host

/Hilding E


Tim Young skrev:
> 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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