Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine

Tom Parquette BCSFD204 at twcny.rr.com
Sun May 2 14:22:51 PDT 2004


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
> gerard-seibert at rcn.com
> 
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