Re: HP printer accessible from WindowsXP when using FC5 ??

Thanks James;

I am glad you appreciated the little bit of fun I was having.

On Thu, 2006-07-09 at 21:08 +0100, James Wilkinson wrote:
William Case wrote:
I tried Samba. That is what took up most of my day yesterday. I didn't
mention it in my post because I got it so screwed up. To set it up as
you suggest, what information do I need, keeping in mind that I do have
the home network working for Windows. Normally I would just go to my
manuals and experiment a bit. But I got to tell you, at the moment me
and Linux are rapidly losing household points. I have only a few more
times left that I can bounce her off her computer while I 'fix' the
printer.

Oh dear. Wait until she's out? Ask if you can use her computer to check
something on yours while she's out?


Yes. Actually I do know exactly what I have to say and do until I get
this fixed. However, after 30 years of marriage I have learnt one
thing; she understands family politics as well as I do.

These are double checking questions. I am pretty sure I know the
answers but I don't want to check twice: What is the NetBios name? Or,
where do I find it in her WindowsXP?
The "computer name" -- you'll need the NetBIOS "workgroup" name, too.
I think Samba will use your hostname as a default -- if you've called it
the same thing (e.g. "william", and not "william-fedora" or
"william-xp"), it should default to the right thing.

Can you see your computer from hers through "My Network Places"? Can you
see global shares? Can you browse home directories?

Her "My Network Places" shows me my system when I am in WindowsXP, but not
when I am in FC5. But I will check out exactly what I can see.

These seem to be the important settings:
[global]
workgroup = westexe
server string = James' computer
hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
cups options = raw
log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes
[printers]
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
browseable = no
printable = yes
[data]
path = /media/data
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = emily

Check the log files, too (/var/log/samba/*) -- they can be helpful.

Thanks James, the above is the reassuring doublecheck I needed.

Where would I check what the user
name and password are? I was hoping to use anonymous or guest.

Surely you either enter a username and password, or click on a picture
with a name beside it when you boot up XP?

Nope. She likes to be as close to DOS as possible. Passwords etc. just
frustrate her. She is an extremely bright lady -- so don't make me try
to explain.

That's the username. As for
the password, if she doesn't have one, I *think* XP will remember
passwords -- there may be a checkbox to tick. You may be able to use
smbpasswd to set her a blank password.

Ahh!!

(Make sure this is well
firewalled!)

Hope this helps,

Should help a lot. I'll get the printer going after dinner.

--
Regards Bill

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