On Sat, 06 Sep 2003 01:45:22 +1200
Andrew Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> OK, so I'm trying to use CUPS to print to a printer shared from a
> windows computer. This is what happens: 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# lpadmin -P HPLaserJ -E -v smb://andrew:passwd/ORSINO/HPLaserJ 
> -m laserjet.ppd

should be smb://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

ie @ after password

see the online docos (http://localhost:631/documentation/)

> lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
> 
> And yes, samba is working: 
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ smbclient -U andrew -L //ORSINO
> Password: 
> Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Windows NT 4.0] Server=[NT LAN Manager 4.0]
> 
>         Sharename      Type      Comment
>         ---------      ----      -------
>         E on Orsino    Disk      
>         ADMIN$         Disk      Remote Admin
>         IPC$           IPC       Remote IPC
>         C$             Disk      Default share
>         D$             Disk      Default share
>         E$             Disk      Default share
>         F$             Disk      Default share
>         HPLaserJ       Printer   HP LaserJet 6P/6MP - Standard
>         print$         Disk      Printer Drivers
>         PMAIL          Disk      
> 
>         Server               Comment
>         ---------            -------
> 
>         Workgroup            Master
>         ---------            -------
> 
> I can print also by using smbspool, which is presumably what CUPS is
> using, by  export DEVICE_URI='smb://andrew:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/HPLaserJ'
> and 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# smbspool 1 ajt test 1 none /home/ajt/kantsong.txt
> 
> this doesn't work very well, I only get a line of the file, but I
> don't get any complaints about being unable to connect to the
> service. 
> 
> A google search on the lpadmin: complaint doesn't turn up anything
> particularly elucidatory. What's going wrong? 
> 
> Andrew. 
> 

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