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

[Tim Young]

Today is turning out to be one of those days when I will not have much 
free time.

Anyone else want to help out Hilding?  Otherwise it may be a day or two 
until I can get back to him.

    - Tim Young

HildingE wrote:
> 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:
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> 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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