[NTLUG:Discuss] New to samba, having problems trying to print from windwos 2000

[Neil Aggarwal]

Hello:

I am *really* new to samba.  I read as much of the
documentation and the mailing list as I can, but I am having
a problem trying to print from my windows 2000 box to my 
linux machine.

Here is what I have on the Linux server:
	RedHat 7.2
	Epson Stylus Color 860 (This is set-up as a local
		printer using the stp driver and it works
		just fine)

I set-up samba by doing this:

I placed the RedHat 7.2 disk 1 in the cdrom drive and issued 
the following commands:

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -Uvh samba-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm samba-common-2.2.1a-4.i386.rpm
umount /mnt/cdrom
eject

cat /etc/passwd | /usr/bin/mksmbpasswd.sh > /etc/samba/smbpasswd
chmod 600 /etc/samba/smbpasswd 
smbpasswd neil 

I entered my unix password for my account as the
password.  

After this, I put this line in /etc/samba/smb/conf:
hosts allow 192.168.1.

And then started the service by typing:
service smb restart

Then, I went to my windows machine.  Eventually, it was able to see
the MYGROUP domain and the linux server under that.

When I clicked on the server name, I got a prompt to login, which
seemed to go just fine.

After that, I see the Linux computer and the printer.  
When I first tried to access the printer, windows prompted
me to set-up a driver for it, so I pointed windows to the Epson Stylus 
Color 860 driver I had installed when I had the printer local to my
Windows machine.

Now, when I go to Network Neighborhood, I see the printer but when I 
go to its properties, it says Access denied, unable to connect.

When I try to print anything, I get a message that it could not
print to the printer.

I dont know what else to do.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
	Neil.


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Neil Aggarwal
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