On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 23:08, Scot L. Harris wrote: > On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 22:24, Lorn Miller wrote: > > > I've opened up those ports on in the firewall. That did the trick for > > the firewall. I've also discovered why I did not have write access, I > > was trying to have samba write to a directory as nobody without the > > appropriate permissions. > > > > Glad that part is working now. > > > I still get "Access denied, unable to connect" on the printer. I'm not > > entirely certain I've got the print queue set up correctly. The printer > > is connected via USB and I'm printing through CUPS. I'd like to print > > through samba if possible, but I will browse through the archives > > looking for lpr and lpd network printing with Windows XP. > > > > Still sounds like you don't have the right user permissions setup yet. > If it is coming in as nobody then it sounds to me as if you are trying > to access it with guest type permissions. Make sure you have created a > user on the samba server that matches the user on the windows box > including the same password. The user on the Windows box is not using a password for their login. I would be inclined to make the printer public, but for the fact that the linux box will be in the router's dmz. I'll restrict that to username/password. I'm fairly certain that the XP box can provide a seperate username and password without much trouble. My best guess as to why the printer isn't working now is that the /var/spool directory is incorrect. That's the reason for the noob question about finding queue locations... > > Or you should be able to modify the permissions on the printer to permit > anyone to print. Not sure you really want to do that but I believe it > can be done. > > > This may be a noob question, but how do I get generic information (such > > as where the print queue is located) about the printer? > > > Good question. I have to find time to go look this one up. Typically > stuff like that is probably under /var/spool but I have not looked for > it in a long time. > > Of course you should be able to get most of that information from the > cups interface. Where would the cups interface be? > > Thanks again for the help > > > -- > Scot L. Harris > webid@xxxxxxxxxx > > "When anyone says `theoretically,' they really mean `not really.'" > -- David Parnas >
