[HOW TO] Print to a Linux Box from a Windows Box

[msg43]

Previous way does not work

Well I've been trying to get samba and cups to work for a long time and I didn't care how if it had to be with a user name would have done it but wouldn't have liked it. Anyways....

You need to create a user called samba and a group called samba

adduser

follow the steps

add group

groupadd samba

Then you need to edit some samba things. First File

/etc/cups/cupsd.conf

and you go to change this

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
</Location>

to this

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From All
</Location>

then you need to uncomment the following lines:

/etc/cups/mime.types

application/octet-stream

/etc/cups/mime.convs

application/octet-stream        application/vnd.cups-raw        0      -

Then you edit you samba conf

Edit Samba Config

# Global parameters
[global]
	server string = Matthew
	security = SHARE
	guest account = samba
	printer admin = samba, matthew

[Share]
	read only = No
	guest ok = Yes
	path = /home/samba

[Canoni450]
	comment = Canoni450
	path = /home/samba/spool
	valid users = matthew, samba
	guest ok = Yes
	printable = Yes
	use client driver = Yes

I added a dir so people can see how I setup a share

It is probably necessary to add WORKGROUP = yourworkgroup if you use a different workgroup other than workgroup

Edited July 7, 2005 by msg43

[markwolfe Veteran]

Thanks for the nice HOWTO! (Y)

It would be nice if someone could add in some information to limit connections to only a home network set of IPs (or otherwise restrict connections).

[msg43]

Thanks for the nice HOWTO! (Y)

It would be nice if someone could add in some information to limit connections to only a home network set of IPs (or otherwise restrict connections).

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If you have a router w/ a fireall just block port 631

most routers today have firewalls

btw thanks

[g-n-t]

fix the title...

[msg43]

will put in a request

thanks

[msg43]

Majorly Rechange the previous way does not work very well.