RedHat9 unable to print on W2k share.

Sean Middleditch elanthis at awesomeplay.com
Thu Aug 14 14:05:23 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 07:38, Mike Chambers wrote:

> I have a printer connected via another computer running XP Pro and have
> it shared as well.  But I have to use the user that logs into that
> machine to be able to connect to it via samba and such.

I've found w/ XP any bogus username works.  XP just refuses to accept a
print job unless it is given _some_ kind of user name.  Not sure if it's
a bug or a feature, but it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere easy
to find.

> 
> Maybe that is your situation?
-- 
Sean Middleditch <elanthis at awesomeplay.com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.





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