[Samba] Printing on Samba with WinNT...

[Rainer Hantsch]

Hi, John!

Thanks a lot for your answer. Does this also work with Samba 2.2.5, or is this
only possible with Samba 3? (I am not really interested in investing a lot of
work only for getting one printer working...)

I have an older book from SuSE. This one does not have this inside. Is your
book available? (Details for ordering? Price? ISBN-Number?)


On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, John H Terpstra wrote:
| Rainer,
|
| In the book, The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide, in chapter 2
| we have provided specific examples of how you can do this. This material
| is not yet in the Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf (it will be released there in
| April next year).
|
| The following config file is all you need to create an anonymous file
| server (it is from the book):
|
| [global]
| 	workgroup = MIDEARTH
| 	netbios name = HOBBIT
| 	security = share
|
| [data]
| 	path = /export
| 	read only = No
| 	guest only = Yes
|
|
| The following gives you an anonymous print server:
|
| [global]
| 	workgroup = MIDEARTH
| 	netbios name = LUTHIEN
| 	security = share
| 	printcap = /etc/printcap
| 	show add printer wizard = No
| 	prinitng = BSD
|
| [printers]
| 	path = /var/spool/samba
| 	guest ok = Yes
| 	printable = Yes
| 	use client driver = Yes
| 	browseable = No
|
| An anonymous server is one that will take any connection, as any user, and
| provides unrestricted access - subject of course to file system
| permissions.
|
| In addition to these configuration files you will need to set up file
| system permissions and correct file and directory ownership. The book
| explains this in detail.

Tanks, this was basically what I was searching for all the time.

| Please do not complain at the subscribers on this list for not anwering
| your request. Noone owes anyone an answer. Usually, when someone receives
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| pays to lurk around and observe how others interact before jumping in with
| a request that will take someone significant time to answer.

I know that noone owes an answer to anyone, but get into my situation:
You have some angry people sitting in your neck, permamently telling you that
they still cannot do this and that. Googleing around results in useless
things. Finally you decide to subscribe this list to get help, ask more than 3
times - in kindly words - and get no useful answer, if any, only suggestions
which sound in the best meaning as patches.  :-/
Anyway, I beg your pardon.


mfg

  Ing. Rainer Hantsch

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