On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 23:42, Lorn Miller wrote: > > 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... Everyone has areas that are new to them. No one knows everything. Although Alexander Dalloz comes close. :) > > > > Of course you should be able to get most of that information from the > > cups interface. > Where would the cups interface be? You should be able to access the cups interface using your browser with http://localhost:631 You should be prompted for root's name and password. > > > Thanks again for the help -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx The flow chart is a most thoroughly oversold piece of program documentation. -- Frederick Brooks, "The Mythical Man Month"
