CUPS Problems

I'm not certain that I know how to explain this well enough so that someone
will be able to help me, but I will try...
I can't get cups to work... I've got a Lexmark Z611 printer... and it is
attached via usb to a Windows XP Home computer...
So, I think that I need to use SMB with this... but, am not certain how to
do it.. I have SMB4K installed and started, it shows no mounted shares...
There is an SMB folder in each person's directory (home)... including
(root)... I see the share on the Windows XP Home computer and I see a
folder named SMB4K -> MOMO1 -> All Users
-> D (CD-ROM Drive)
-> print$ (Not certain what this is for or what it does???)

One the Windows XP Home machine, I can see the Debian (Sarge) computer.. in
the Windows Explorer window it says, Mf.com -> debian1 server (Samba
3.0.14a-Debian)(Debian1)
However, when I click on it to get in, it brings up a connectoid dialog
box... Connecting to Debian1...
User name: Mf.com\username ( I think that's right???)
Password: Password
However, it tells me that I have to put it into a format like this;
Examples:
User Name
username@domain
DOMAIN\username
That's the SAMBA problem, that I can't figure out...
I'm not certain, but I believe that if I could get SAMBA working right, then
the CUPS problem might be a little easier...
I would appreciate any help that I can get...
Most sincereley,
Dan

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Re: CUPS Problems

Sandra McGrew wrote:
> I'm not certain that I know how to explain this well enough so that someone
> will be able to help me, but I will try...
> I can't get cups to work... I've got a Lexmark Z611 printer... and it is
> attached via usb to a Windows XP Home computer...
> So, I think that I need to use SMB with this... but, am not certain how to
> do it.. I have SMB4K installed and started, it shows no mounted shares...
> There is an SMB folder in each person's directory (home)... including
> (root)... I see the share on the Windows XP Home computer and I see a
> folder named SMB4K -> MOMO1 -> All Users
> -> D (CD-ROM Drive)
> -> print$ (Not certain what this is for or what it does???)
>
> One the Windows XP Home machine, I can see the Debian (Sarge) computer.. in
> the Windows Explorer window it says, Mf.com -> debian1 server (Samba
> 3.0.14a-Debian)(Debian1)
> However, when I click on it to get in, it brings up a connectoid dialog
> box... Connecting to Debian1...
> User name: Mf.com\username ( I think that's right???)
> Password: Password
> However, it tells me that I have to put it into a format like this;
> Examples:
> User Name
> username@domain
> DOMAIN\username
> That's the SAMBA problem, that I can't figure out...
> I'm not certain, but I believe that if I could get SAMBA working right, then
> the CUPS problem might be a little easier...
> I would appreciate any help that I can get...
> Most sincereley,
> Dan

You have probably set up the Debian host to require authentication for
SMB connections. You do this in /etc/samba/smb.conf . If your
environment is sufficiently secure that you don't need this protection,
the easy solution is to change the setting in this way:

; security = user
security = share

Then set up at least one public share to test that this will work. An
example from my server is:

[shared_video1]
comment = edited video - first volume
writable = yes
locking = no
path = /home/shared_video1
public = yes

(You might want to change the above to writable=no).

Then re-HUP or restart samba (e.g., as root enter "/etc/init.d/samba
restart").

Even if you need to use authentication, I'd recommend this as a test
step, to make sure all else is working right. Then add authentication
back in. smb.conf has a section for authentication, but to help you with
that, I'll need to see yours (it's probably a newer version than mine,
and the format tends to change a bit).

PS - I tried to reply to your earlier query too, but the list rejected
my reply as SPAM. I don't know why. Seeing if this response gets through
may be instructive in that regard.

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