Bill,
Try adding to [global]:
guest only = Yes
- John T.
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, William Enestvedt wrote:
> I have a very simple setup on a Solaris 8 server, running Samba 3.0.1 (see smb.conf
> below). A desktop PC running Windows 98 (SE?) happily connects to and prints to my
> one shared printer, but an XP Pro laptop takes a loooong time to install the local
> driver and then just says "Access denied, unable to connect".
> I already told it to use a client driver and disabled spoolss. Here's my smb.cnf
> file:
> ----------Start of smb.conf------------
> [global]
> workgroup = jwu
> netbiosname = pvd-dat-60
> security = share
> dns proxy = No
> wins server = <IP redacted>
> # printcap name = /etc/printcap
> printing = sysv
> disable spoolss = Yes
> #[temp]
> # path = /tmp
> # read only = Yes
> # guest ok = Yes
> [pvdpar03lz02]
> comment = HP 9000hns
> path = /var/spool/samba
> printable = Yes
> browseable = Yes
> guest ok = Yes
> # read only = Yes
> use client driver = yes
> -----------End of smb.conf---------------
> (The temp section was to test whether things worked before. I will actually delte
> those lines when I solve this problem. I commented out the printcap line because I
> don't want to share all the printers: I have a lot configured on this Sun but use a
> Windows print server to publishing them to desktop PC users.)
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for everyone's time.
> -wde
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> Will Enestvedt
> UNIX System Administrator
> Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI
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