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Hello! I have a Linux box that has a HP LaserJet 5L printer connected to it and Samba (2.0.3) providing a print service for Win95 clients connected to the LAN. How can I make Samba NOT ask for a password whatsoever when a Win95 client connects to the print service? I also have a printing related problem: when I print something from a Win95 client it comes out fine, but I always get an extra

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me out here. I have an apple laserwriter (postscript) printer attached to the network via ethertalk. I have the printer set up in cups, using the pap backend found here (http://users.phg-online.de/tk/CUPS/backend/pap). I then set the printer up through samba so that windows (XP) users can print to it. However if I print a test page from windows, the job prints but then hangs the printer. The p...

...doing that sufficiently well. | | For a UNIX client, use NFS. Otherwise expect case and codepage issues (let | alone it makes it much nicer for home directory mounts and the automounter ;-). | | For a Windows client, use SMB. Otherwise expect Windows fits. ;-P | | For a [pre-X] Mac client, use Ethertalk. Otherwise expect special file fits. | | And so forth ... | | If your server platform doesn't have a service that supports a protocol (or does | a poor job *COUGH*NFS on NT*COUGH*), don't use that platform as a server. ;-P ie, Unix desktops don't belong in windows-based networks????...

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello: I've configured a Linux box with Samba to act as a secondary domain controller for an existing NT server. I've gotten everything working very nicely, all my file shares set up, etc. I've got 6 printers that I need to set up as print shares. The ones that speak Postscript or PCL were very easy to set up, and work admirably.