Nick and Michael, Thanks for the information, I shall try it out tonight.
Cheers again Ian > > On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:55:51 +1200 > Nick Rout wrote: > >> from >> http://www.linuxprinting.org/kpfeifle/LinuxKongress2002/Tutorial/VI.CUPS-Connections/VI.tutorial-handout-cups-connections.html>> >> >> "The "smbspool" program is provided with SAMBA starting with SAMBA >> 2.0.6. Once you have made the link [1] and restarted CUPS you can >> configure your printers with one of the following device URIs: >> >> smb://<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> >> smb://<server>/<sharename> >> smb://<user>:<password>@<workgroup>/<server>/<sharename> >> smb://<user>:<password>@<server>/<sharename>" > > Ooops I probably should have included this: > > "The workgroup name needs only to be specified if your system is using > a different workgroup than the server. The "<user>:<password>" strings > are required when printing to Windows NT/2000 servers or to shares with > passwords enabled under Windows 95, 98, or XP. > > Note: The Samba client transmits the password in clear text! This makes > printing to Samba servers insecure! (One only needs to enter "ps > -auxwww | grep smb" during the job transmission to the Windows server > to see the whole URI-string including the password...) It is therefore > strongly recommended to either use a separate account only for printing > on the Windows server (best without writable home directory). > Otherwise, > connect all printers to servers running GNU/Linux or Unix. > > The KDEPrint "Add Printer Wizard" has a comfortable facility for > scanning the network for available printer shares on Windows (and > Samba) servers." > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
