On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, JUSTIN GERRY wrote: > I installed the printer patch on 2.2.4 on my Linux 7.3 box, reconfigured > it (I think I did things in the correct order:configure,make > realclean,run patch,configure,make,sh.makerpms.sh), created a new rpm, > uninstalled the old samba, reinstalled the new rpm, fixed the conf > files, reloaded samba and now my printers appear as "HPLASERJET on > _smbserver". HPLASERJET is queue name which is fine, but why is the > server called _smbserver instead of either the Netbios name (samba) or > the ip address (192.168.0.10)?
How are you connecting to the Samba box? Are you storing the drivers on the server? *SMBSERVER is the netbios name when connecting to an SMB server using an IP address. (the * is converted to an _ internally in smbd). cheers, jerry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hewlett-Packard http://www.hp.com SAMBA Team http://www.samba.org -- http://www.plainjoe.org "Sam's Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" 2ed. ISBN 0-672-32269-2 --"I never saved anything for the swim back." Ethan Hawk in Gattaca-- -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
