[Samba] trouble printing to samba share

[Gerald Carter]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Rizzo, Joe wrote:

> I can print to the printer with lpr.
> 
> I upgraded to samba-2.2.5-1.  
> 
> My linux box has 2 nics. Now when I browse and try to access the
> printer, \\<external_address>\printer_share is referenced, rather than
> the internal ip address.

Ahh....a multi-homed server :-)  I knew my hack would break eventually :-)
Don't use the IP address when accessing the server.  You'll need to
use the netbios name of the server in this case.




cheers, jerry
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