Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm afraid I can't answer your question directly because I do not use Samba, > but if you search this list you'll find an answer as to how to set your WinXP > box as a server for *nix machines and share the printer that way. The Samba > interface adds one more layer of complexity and probability for error. > > Make sure you only allow the specific Linux box IP address to connect to your > WinXP box (set it up in the WinXP firewall).
I did find a previous post of yours alluding to an earlier post but that post of yours does give sort of brief howto. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/166004/focus=166061 I'm going to pursue samba solutions first since I have done that several times and it mostly just worked for me when I made a few config settings. I've never really had trouble getting printing to work thru samba until now and have setup it up at least 5-6 times. The method you propose in the URL above does sound interesting and I may give it a try just to compare it to the samba approach. Thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
