Jin Ting Liew wrote:
>
> Another question - if I have a printer on a Win98 machine that is shared, can I
> use SAMBA to print to it from a linux box? The printer is already shared and I
> can print to it from windows. I can also use SAMBA to mount drives on the Win98
> machine.
>
> I know, I know, I should prob connect the printer to the linux box or something,
> but the printer is my brothers and hence is on his computer..... when i get
> another computer my linux box will be the printer / internet / whatever else
> server...
This is a bit OT but a good demo for those who want to show
PHB's why use Linux in places which have lots of shared
printers on Win98.
There are other good reasons for putting a printer on the
Linux box rather than sharing it on a win box. Security.
Look in Network neighbourhood and find a PC with a shared
printer (ie look for the printer icons). Lets say the Win PC
you found is called foo.
Enter the following in the network neighbourhood text entry
box:
\\foo\printer$
See all those filenames that appear? Thats the persons
Windows/system directory. Now you can drag down their pwd
files and crack it at your leisure or whatever else takes
your fancy.
Reason #314159 to use Linux.
Mike
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