Re: Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine
On Sun, 2 May 2004, Gerard Seibert wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1. I have three computers networked together, Two > running WinXP Pro and one running FreeBSD. I would like the one running > BSD to be able to use the printer connected to the WinXP machine. I think Joshua has the easy approach to this: load "Windows Printing Services For Unix" on the XP machine. That gives it a reasonably standard lpd server. (XP Home may not have this, don't know for sure.) Then set up an entry in /etc/printcap pointing at the XP computer. I think the XP system will send it through whatever drivers you have defined for that printer. smbclient has some printing capabilities, too, but then you may have to deal with user passwords on XP. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine
On Sunday 02 May 2004 05:04 pm, Gerard Seibert > wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1. I have three computers networked > together, Two running WinXP Pro and one running FreeBSD. I would like > the one running BSD to be able to use the printer connected to the > WinXP machine. I have had no success in getting this to occur. > If all you need is printing, and not file sharing, then CUPS should do what you need. It can be a little confusing to get it up and running, but probably not as confusing as Samba. /usr/ports/print/cups > The WinXP machine in question is connected to a hub, then a router > and then to my cable modem. I do not want to make any changes to its > network so that it will fail to connect to the internet or to the > other WinXP computer. It would be a bonus if I could actually share > files among all three machines, but it is not a necessity. I do need > the ability to print though. If you decide to use CUPS for printing, you may be able to do adequate file sharing by using the basic SMB networking built in to recent versions of FreeBSD (see mount_smbfs(8) and smbutil(1)). That should let you be a client to the WinXP file servers, although you won't be able to serve files to them. smbutil claims to be able to print to Windows shared printers, but I've never tried it, and I suspect that drivers would be an issue. When I use mount_smbfs to mount shares from my wife's XP Home system, I have to try the mount twice: it times out the first time, and works on the second. I haven't tried to debug that yet... I haven't used Samba in a few years, but when I did, its primary role was to act as a Windows server, not as a client. The client (at least back then) was very limited. > > I have tried configuring Samba but without success. Perhaps someone > could give me some basic configuration tips, or perhaps another > easier to use and setup networking tool other than Samba. > > Thanks in advance! > > Gerard Seibert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine
* Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-05-02 14:11]: > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1. I have three computers networked together, Two > running WinXP Pro and one running FreeBSD. I would like the one running > BSD to be able to use the printer connected to the WinXP machine. I have > had no success in getting this to occur. This doesn't pertain *specifically* to XP, but: (from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/corp-net-guide/printserving-nt- +and-freebsd.html) [quote] Following is a sample /etc/printcap file entry that defines a print queue named tank on the FreeBSD system pointed to an NT LPD server queue named sherman on a NT Server named big.army.mil in the DNS. This uses the rm printcap capability. Unlike the earlier examples, the output print jobs are sent out not by the PC parallel port but over the network to the NT server. # tank|sample remote printer:\ :rm=big.army.mil:rp=sherman:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:\ :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: # [/quote] HTH, -- Joshua "Mmm Jar-Jar; everyone hates you, but me." -- Comic Book Guy ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine
Gerard, Which version of Samba are you using? I am by no means an "expert" but I I have been reading the O'Reilly Samba book. I understand that XP security is basedon Kerberos 5. I believe you have to start with Samba V3. All I have is a couple of Win98 boxes. No XP. You now know everything I do about Samba. :-) I hope someone with more experence can educate both of us. Cheers... Gerard Seibert wrote: I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1. I have three computers networked together, Two running WinXP Pro and one running FreeBSD. I would like the one running BSD to be able to use the printer connected to the WinXP machine. I have had no success in getting this to occur. The WinXP machine in question is connected to a hub, then a router and then to my cable modem. I do not want to make any changes to its network so that it will fail to connect to the internet or to the other WinXP computer. It would be a bonus if I could actually share files among all three machines, but it is not a necessity. I do need the ability to print though. I have tried configuring Samba but without success. Perhaps someone could give me some basic configuration tips, or perhaps another easier to use and setup networking tool other than Samba. Thanks in advance! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
