[Samba] sharing printer without login?

Joel Hammer Joel at HammersHome.com
Wed Apr 17 19:18:02 GMT 2002


Don't know if this will solve your problem but:
cd sambasources/docs/textdoc
grep "network name" *
DIAGNOSIS.txt:If you get a "network name not found" or similar error then netbios

You might need to go through DIAGNOSIS.txt.
Joel
On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 07:03:19PM -0500, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> ok, i set the global option:
> security = share
> 
> then i have a share that looks like this:
> [cjb_music]
>    comment = Chris' music
>    path = /home/cjb/music
>    read only = yes
>    public = yes
> 
> i can see the share in win2k and winxp, but when i double click on it, it says 
> its inaccessable, network name not found.
> 
> what am i overlooking?
> 
> thanks,
> christopher
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 16 April 2002 06:48 am, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > This does what you want on my home network.
> > Joel
> >
> > [global]
> > 	security = SHARE
> > 	guest account = ftp
> > 	hosts allow = 192.168.  127.0.0.1
> >
> >
> > [AllFiles]
> > 	comment = All Files
> > 	path = /
> > 	read only = no
> > 	guest ok = Yes
> >
> > [test]
> > 	comment = Filtered for Z53
> > 	path = /tmp
> > 	read only = No
> > 	create mask = 0700
> > 	guest ok = Yes
> > 	printable = Yes
> > 	printing = lprng
> >         print command = /usr/bin/lpr -Ptest %s; rm %s
> > 	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -Ptest
> > 	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -Ptest %j
> > 	lppause command = /usr/sbin/lpc hold test %j
> > 	lpresume command = /usr/sbin/lpc release test %j
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 04:26:30PM -0500, christopher j bottaro wrote:
> > > hello,
> > > i want to share a printer via samba to some win2k machines, but i don't
> > > want the win2k machines to have to login to some home dir.  how do i
> > > accomplish this?  also, i want to share some dir (i.e. 
> > > /home/cjb/my_music) to the win2k machines with certain permissions, again
> > > without requiring the win2k machines to login.
> > >
> > > thanks for the help,
> > > christopher
> > >
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