[K12OSN] SMB and printing problems

[Rob Owens]

In fstab, are you specifying the filesystem type as
smbfs or as cifs?  I ran into problems on newer
versions of windows where I needed to use cifs in
order to see fileshares.  

Hmm, I just realized that there's no place to specify
cifs for a printer...

But I think the problem could be related.  Newer
versions of Windows (or maybe it depends on the
settings) require you to authenticate as a user
*before* it lets you browse shares and printers.  If I
remember correctly, I had to enter my info like this
in Ubuntu's printer gui:

host:        MyWindowsDomain
printer:     user.password at server/PrinterName
username, password:    (I can't remember if I left
these blank or entered the proper information)

Hope this gives you some clues.

-Rob

> > >>> krsnendu at orcon.net.nz 2006-02-27 21:30:44 >>>
> > I am having problems printing to printers attached
> to windows computers
> > on the network.
> >
> > Behind this problem seems to be some SMB
> inconsistencies.
> > When I go to Nautilus or Konqueror I can correctly
> browse all the
> > computers and shares in the workgroup.
> > But when I type findsmb from the command line I
> can only see k12ltsp,
> > office and one teacher's laptop is shown 4 times.
> > It shows twice for each ip address (wireless and
> wired). My laptop is
> > not shown and one other teachers laptop is not
> shown although they show
> > fine in nautilus.
> > When I go to set up a printer using
> printconfig-gui I try to browse for
> > my laptop but it is not shown. Only the ones shown
> by findsmb are
> > listed. I tried entering the share info directly
> by that didn't work 
> > either.
> > I can ping my computer because I have listed it in
> etc/hosts
> > I cannot ping any other computers by name even
> though they are listed
> > under findsmb.
> >
> > When I type smbstatus my computer is listed but it
> says $IPC whereas the
> > other computers say School Int before it. I am not
> sure if that is
> > relevant or not.
> >
> > Hope someone can point me in the right direction
> to try to work this out.
> >
> > I am using K12ltsp 4.2.1
> >
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