Re: Sharing Resources On A Windows Network

Dan N wrote: 
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:09:28 -0800, Kurt wrote:


XP Pro can join a domain, but XP Home can't. 


They're all XP Pro machines.


Sharing a printer in a domain
environment is far more complicated than "simple file sharing" (which also
includes printers), or even user-level sharing (both are available on an
XP Pro box.



I realise that.  I've had a Samba based domain set up before, and didn't
want that level of complication.  But the printer share seems to be hit
and miss in a simple workgroup setup.  I got the idea from somewhere that
XP Pro shares worked better in a domain.  Windows networking certainly has
it's idiosyncrasies.


Have you posted in one of the Windows groups? There are many
and answers are plentiful.



No I haven't.  Thought that the linux gurus would be a good place to
start, even if it is somewhat off topic.  I'll give one of them a try,
thanks.

Dan



If security isn't an issue, try enabling the guest account. Since security probably is an issue, create user accounts on the print server that exactly match each user account on the other XP boxes that will need to print. The usernames and passwords must be identical. Share the printer and set the permissions to "Everyone - Print". Open any folder and go to tools -> folder options and make sure "Use Simple File Sharing" is NOT checked. On the other computers, log the users out and back in. Network access may require a password - it does on Server 2003 - unless you make a security setting change to remove this requirement. To install the printer the easy way on the clients, go to the "Run" dialog, type \\servername. When the window opens, right-click the printer and select "connect" (or whatver) from the context menu.

....kurt
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