On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, The awesome and feared Mark Knecht commented thusly, > OK, so with some help from a guy who works on a related business we > got my Gentoo box talking on the Windows network. I've been able to > mount samba shares from the NT file server, and I'm printing to the > printer on the network, although I'm just doing it through CUPS and not > using the shared printer on the NT server like I would if I was running > XP Pro.
This is also possible under linux (ie to make a linux box use a shared windows printer). I havent dont it but all I can do is to refer you to <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-10.html> A person with your experience Mark shouldnt have any problem in trying out the ideas in the above HOWTO. Setting up things under linux isnt as easy as with windows but once you do it you have a nice warm sensation of satisfaction that you did it and learned something too :-) > Grendel: Thanks for your help. You've always been great even since the > Redhat days! Actually, the 'reason' for the server is *not* that it's a > file server, as you guessed, but that it's a compute server. I get file > server capabilities for free, right? ;-) :) Yes indeed. > So, in closing, thanks for the responses. I look forward to more > discussion, but I think I just brought Linux as a desktop to our office > this afternoon. Just play about with the thingy, usually there are plenty of tools available for windows linux compatibility. Its just a matter of visiting google and searching for it. Bye, Grendel -- Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
