Hi Kevin; Your final guess is correct as far as I,m concerned. This is exactly what I want to do with my Linux box and my wifes windoze box. Regards Mel Broadhurst ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:52 PM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Technology Presentations
> > IMHO at least all lightly or what's the point? > > > > The prezzy should on be about 90 Mins, shouldn't it be? Some things will > need to be dropped. > > Lets say I wanted to demo Printing from a Windows desktop through a Linux > server. > > We take a preconfigured Windows box. > We take a Linux box, add CUPS, configure CUPS, create a printer, perhaps > install foo-matic drivers and/or ghostscript, then go to smb.conf, and set > it up to print with CUPS (it probably is, but we'd want to discuss what is > needed, and why). go back to the Windows box, and map to the printer. Add > in any sort of "uniqueness" (new Cups printers don't show up unless Samba > re-reads smb.conf) that should be discussed. Print a test page. Time's up. > More or less. Cups is one method of printing. There are several. If I'm > the only one using cups, I've wasted everyone's time. > > Samba is a big topic, because it ties to/depends on so many things. If I > was going to do a discussion, I'd rather go a bit deeper on topics that > people need help with than spend them on things that nobody cares about. > > Do people care about using smbclient and/or smbstatus? mount -t smbfs? > > Should I talk about the difference between SMB and NMB? > > The line dividing where samba ends, and something else (Microsoft > networking, Linux security, Samba security, Printing, Domain Controller, > etc.) And that's intentionally ignoring winbind & PAM. It's intentionally > ignoring maintaining Samba across VPNs or other routed networks. (WINS > servers). > > Given my own guess, most people want to be able to connect a single Linux > desktop to a (spouses) Windows desktop and share files & printers in either > direction. Mostly I'm looking for confirmation that that is an accurate > guess. I believe it was Jarrod that was trying to set up a situation like > that most reciently on the list. I suspect he isn't alone. > > Kev. > > > >
