On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 14:51 +0800, John Summerfied wrote: > Yuandan Zhang wrote: > > Hi, > > I set up and vmware 4.5.2 on FC3 host, and a winxp vm guest. I use samba > > service to share files and printers with the host using eth0 and vmnet1 > > interffaces. > > The host printer is browsable, after setup on the winxp guest PC, the > > printer is not accessable, showing' access denied, not connected' > > > > any idea? Thanks > > I'd not use Samba to share my Linux printers with XP: W2000 and > successors can talk direct to CUPS. Samba's adding a layer of unneeded > complexity. However, samba is capable of providing Windows clients with the driver they need for the printer (just like a Windows print server could), whereas cups cannot do this. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
