Using Samba with WinXP

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I've used Samba for years with different printers on my Linux desktop. I 
initially had a bear of a time to get it working. Once I got it working, it 
has worked through several Linux releases (SuSE 5.x to 7.3). One problem I 
found was that the directory I used for my Samba spool needs to have the 
proper permissions and ownership. By using the Samba logs you can figure 
this out. 

Also, the Windows systems were originally Windows 95 to 98 to 98SE to Me.

Secondly I'm surprised you have not got Shirley to use Linux :-)

I don't remember what my original Samba problem was, but I tried a lot of 
things and smb.conf files thanks to frinds on this list and other Unix 
friends. The solution I found was in "Learn Samba in 24 Hours". 

I just moved to CUPS, but I have not tested it yet from my wife's machine. 
On 29 Aug 2002 at 16:09, John Chambers wrote:
> Which reminds me ...  I've tried on several occasions to set up samba
> so  my  wife's  Win  machine can use my machine's laser printer.  The
> tests between a couple of linux boxen always say it's  working  fine,
> but of course I don't want to use samba to connect linux to linux.
> 
> The problem is that the Win machine always insists that there are  no
> other machines in its Network Neighborhood.  In particular, there are
> no shares or printers or anything on the net.  I've looked around  on
> several occasions for instructions on how to convince the Win machine
> that the samba server exists, but never found anything.  It seems  to
> be  off-topic  in  linux  fora,  since the problem isn't on the linux
> side, so you get no answers there.  The MS side, of course,  sees  no
> point in giving advice to linux geeks.
> 
> So is there somewhere a HOWTO that explains how to get a Win  box  to
> acknowledge  the  existence of non-Win machines?  Some people seem to
> have made it work, so there must be some way to learn about it.
> 
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