[K12OSN] samba with macs

[Jim Hays]

The first place to start would be to look at your atalk.conf file.  Read the
notes there to set up your Mac printers.

Look at AppleVolumesDefault file for the file sharing with Appletalk.  





Quoting Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org>:

> running samba...on 4.1.0...
> mac OSX clients could see shares
> mac 9.something clients could see/make/access(however that chooser thing 
> works) shares
> 
> but.. 9.something clients don't see printers...
> they require the servername/ipaddress  and a QUE...
> 
> when I attach a printer to a thin client and it is shared with Samba is 
> a QUE created?
> If so where could I find the name of it?
> 
> I created the printer using the CUPS web utility http://localhost:631
> 
> named the printer 
> 
>  careercenter
> 
> and socket://ws170:9100
> 
> and it was attached to ws170....
> so I made the MAC address entry in the lts.conf file   for this 
> workstation to allow access to it's printer...
> 
> 
> 
> These work fine and dandy on Windows XP machines...
> but the macs deal with printers in a more 'funkified' manner...
> 
> Hoping one of you Mac guru's out there might lend some insight?
> 
> --Huck
> 
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Jim Hays
Technology Director
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Monticello, IL  61856
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